Day 9 -- Tainan, Tamsui old street, Fort San Domingo, 24 hr Eslite bookstore

12/26/2016 Monday

We booked the high speed rail to leave Tainan today as we plan to spend more time with Anthony's grandparents. I love that there is priority seats for the elderly and disabled.



It used to take less than 2 hours from Tainan to Taipei by high speed rail but they have since added a few more stops in between, so it takes about 2 hours now.





The kids working on their Chinese homework on the train.




We reached Taipei around noon and went home for lunch. We spent some time with Anthony's grandparents before heading out to Tamsui. 



There is a bicycle rental outside Tamsui metro station and we were going to rent the bicycles, unfortunately, they required our passports since we were not residents. We weren't able to rent the bicycles as we didn't bring our passports. 

So, we walked around the old street and it was a nice long walk by the water although the sky was foggy. We bought some snacks along the way.







After walking for a while, the kids were craving for something cold, so we got them both an ice cream.



Mason had the extra long ice cream while Maddie had the regular size.




After the old street, we walked to Fort San Domingo. One thing that I didn't understand is that they don't offer children's prices for kids who are not resident. We had to pay full price tickets on the metro and entrance fees for Fort San Domingo. I think there shouldn't be any difference for children regardless where they are from.























After touring the Fort, we left and went for dinner before heading to ZhongXiao Dunhua road to visit the 24 hour Eslite bookstore. It's our first time to a 24 hour bookstore.





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