Night Market!

This week school was pretty uneventful, the weekend however was more exciting! Saturday, I went to an art show with my host brother, Darren and his friend. The art show was okay but it was really crowded. (What in Taipei isn't?) Afterwords Darren took us to get foot massages, I was pretty skeptical because I'd never gotten one before but it was kind of nice once I relaxed, it was definitely a new experience! Once we were finished there we went to the Shilin Night Market. Darren asked me what I knew about night market food from the U.S. and I said that I heard there was a lot of things made out of pig's blood. So he spent the rest of the night describing everything we were eating as "full of pig's blood" or "mixed with pig's blood" I ate some delicious fried chicken, and a fried potato covered in cheese which was okay. Then we went to a stall that smelled horrible, I was curious what the stench was when I realized that it was a stinky tofu stall. I had heard stinky tofu was pretty good if you could get past it's stench. He bought some and I tried it but to me it tasted just like it smelled, nasty.

On Sunday I went to a movie with my friend, Jennifer. It was my real first experience going that far away and coming back with absolutely no problems. Hanging out with someone from Taiwan was nice and I need to do it more often! I also bought a journal so that I could write daily about my exchange.

Today, Monday, is Moon Festival so I went to lunch with my host family's extended family. It was really nice and the food was good. They were very welcoming and made me feel like a member of the family. Later today we are going to go out somewhere in Taipei (I forgot where exactly) but I guess that will have to wait until next week. :) For Now, Zaijian!