Mom and Dad's Trip to Taiwan Part 1

Day 1 - December 17, 2006

Taoyuan

My Parents arrived at the Taoyuan-Taiwan Airport at about 6:45 am and Anting, Ryan and I were there to pick them up. Of course the first order of business was to check out their new grandson.

Happy Grandma

Happy Grandpa

Since the best way to avoid jet lag is to quickly adapt to the local time, I thought a nice brisk walk through Taoyuan's traffic would be just the thing to keep them awake in the afternoon. While the exhaust fumes might have slowed them down a bit, dodging the scooters, taxi drivers, and stinky tofu vendors, kept them on their toes.

Sunny Winter Walk

Street outside the Train Station - Taoyuan

Uncontrolled intersections are the best

Tasty

We let Mom and Dad have a shower and a nap in the afternoon and then we had a nice meal at the Tasty Restaurant, just down the street from our house and a few steps away from their hotel.

View from Hotel Room




Anting's Aunt and Uncle and my Mom and Dad
enjoy the ambiance of Tasty