Taiwan 2014, Part 2

The remainder of the report on Taiwan.  For the first half, see this post.

Friday - Sunday, June 20 - 22

 June 20th - 22nd was the Asia Meetings of the Econometric Society.  Since we were staying at an apartment in Ximending and the conference was at Academia Sincia, this involved a ride on the subway and then a cab ride to campus.  The conference was very good and I enjoyed the sessions.  I presented my paper on the last day, of course.

While I was busy advancing the frontiers of knowledge, Yeongmi and Joan were busy seeing the sights.

 

 

 

I was here most of the time

In the evenings we ate at the places around Ximending where we were staying in an apartment we rented through Airbnb.com. 

Disney Villains

I don't understand this one

Toilet Restaurant (We Did Not Eat Here)

 

Street Food

Monday & Tuesday , June 23 and 24

We spent Monday and Tuesday seeing the sites in Taipei together.  We visited several temples, including the Temple of the City God, Baoangong and Xingtiangong.  We visited the Taipei train station for lunch and then went to the Taipei 101 building.  We rode the Maokong Gondola on Tuesday and went to the Shilin Night Market.

Baoangong

Xingtaingong

Taipei 101

At the top of Taipei 101

Waiting for the Gondola

Riding the Gondola

Temple of the City God

Temple of the City God

Shilin Night Market