This morning I woke up early?! And just ate a bread for breakfast. I wasn't feeling too good as fatigue. I also heard many fighter jets, like yesterday. By the time it was around 1-2pm, I had already heard more than 10 of them passing overhead. I also felt a tiny earthquake around 12:23pm while sitting on a park chair.
I finished writing my postcards and passed stool twice before checking out. The balcony is so nice. Wish I could stay another day in Tainan. I stripped the beds as well before I left, and struggled my luggage down only 1 flight of steps. Phew.
I sat down for a bit and looked up bus and train times. I couldn't decide, and decided to go do lunch at the nearby noodle place first. It was a bit early, I didn't have much appetite but was hungry. I got an eel yaki-noodle. Sadly I had to leave most of the onions on the plate as I wasn't feeling too good. The eel was nice and tender. $130. Great flavour as always. Pity I'm not at my best. It was nice and breezy outside.
After lunch I went to the post office to buy another set of stamps and gave my postcards to the staff. Then I went to sit down in the nearby park for a bit and swiped on SNS for a bit. I sat in the cradle bench chair as they had another one down the other end of the park. It was very nice. I heard more fighter jets. I needed to pee so decided to go to the temple near Duiyuemen.
Once I was relieved I had a look at the old city gate again, and had a look inside the temple. It's a small one but old. Then I decided to follow the alleyway down, and came across another temple. The staff inside this temple was asleep at the info desk, so I took care not to wake them. They had a pond on the side, and a big turtle dived into the water just as I approached, so sadly I couldn't get a photo of the turtle... the fish swam pretty vigourously.
I left (the gentleman was still asleep) and walked down the alley. There were cute mini painted pictures alog the alley, celebrating 400 years (and as part of some project?). The houses were cool to look at, many old ones.
I also came across a restaurant that was based in a really really old house. They even themed the inside accordingly to the historic period. So cool.
Back to the park and I had a sit down cause I was tired. Another fighter jet zoomed by. I saw it in the sky this time!
It was about 1:40pm, and I decided to sit until 2pm and grab my luggage. I also looked up train times and decided to take the train cause I can get a stamp at Taichung Station. I contacted the minsu, so they can let me in. I walked back to the minsu door and decided to walk to the end of the alley to see what's there. I came across an abandoned and dilpalated house... I went inside to have a quick look. Oooohhh.
Then when I got to the end of the alley, a construction worker working on the 2F of the house on the left, asked me what I was doing. I said I'm explored alleys, and he said this is a dead end. I said I like looking at old houses. And he shouted something to his coworker and went back to work. I walked back to the minsu door. They opened the look remotely the same time as I tried touching the lock (without looking at my Line messages), and it was open. Cool lol. I got my stuff and left and thanked them for a good stay.
Once I was at the alley entrance on the road, I realised I forgot to shift my laptop into my backpack, so I had to do that there. And masked up in my zimi, and then called a taxi. Mr Wang was my driver and wasn't much of a chatter. $120 was my fare. I thanked him and went to the ticketing window, and bought the 2:40pm Tze-Chiang EMU3000 to Taichung.
I let 二叔 know and he asked if I could take a local train to Tanzi station, I had a look and said yes. So that's what ended up happening. I got off at Taichung Station, and they had the most fanciest stamp ever. Apity the wooden seat/stand was covered by a clock and I couldn't read what's on it, as half of it was covered. Then I went back in via Yoyo card and took the local train to Tanzi, making sure I stamped the memorial stamp before going downstairs and meeting cousin Joy.
I haven't seen her in person for over a decade. It was peak traffic and there was roadworks so there was a bottleneck at a certain place. We spent over and hour in traffic and ended up going to dinner straight away (original plan was to drop off luggage and Joy can get changed from her riding gear). We went to Chun Shui Tang, and a branch that had outdoor seats. Phew. A few smokers about but there was a small breeze so the smoke dispersed pretty quickly. I had kungfu noodle and Joy ordered a couple of dishes to share for the table, while 二叔 went to park the car and get his phone.
The noodles were good, and the mantou was pretty unique (had condensed milk sauce). The bubble tea is the originaal, apparently (this store invented it). I had a warm one and it was served to me in a teapot, how cute. There were pearls in my cup, but I didn't realise that the pot also had pearls in it until I pretty much emptied the pot. RIP. I was so stuffed as 二叔 decided to get a big one (instead of small that we asked for) cause there was a special on. Man, that's how they get you....
And went back home after that. Took a shower, and hung the laundry out. I am so smashed. I have to get up early for a dental appointment tomorrow.
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