e-mail to my friend on 1st of July.

Hi Nia!

We just decide to stay Taipei only for 5 days, and not going TAIRUGU CANYON because it's too far, and I checked guide book, and it says there are lots of good places near Taipei, and we can visit their within a day. :) And what I expect in Taiwan is... maybe some modern places rather than traditional one? I'm not really much with temple or something, but I wanna feel the city and modern places. :) I wanna visit some streets that have many cute cafe's, and some shopping as well. :) Although I like modern thing, I heard that the museum is very very good, and one of the biggest museum in the world, so we're thinking about spending maybe a full day, or half day? in there. ;) Btw, how about London? Is it still rainy? haha- I thought you already did master degree in UK, but it wasn't? I remember you study media. :) Are you still pursuing the same major? Tell me about your life in these days!

Best regards,

Ashley Yoo


Dear Ashley,

Sure, I know you love modem things and the cute cafe' ^^. Well, in that case, my recommend as follow:

Taipei City: MRT= Subway

(Blue line)
1: (Taipei City Hall station) Taipei 101
http://www.taipeitravel.net/user/article.aspx?Lang=2&SNo=04000096&K1=37
Pub: MINT or Room 18

2: ( Zhongxiao Dunhua Station) Cute cafe' & Soho
a. Just walk around the streets where behind the California Gym, there are some very unique shop and Cafe' around the streets, I love this place! b. The 24 hours Eslite Bookstore is a culture hot spot that gets busier as the night goes on.
T_T sorry, my favourite Bar has been suffering by a fire last month, it is re-building now.

3. (Zhongxiao Fuxing station) Exit 2 is connation with the Fuxing SOGO department store, and you can eat the very famous food that you must try, called DinTaiFung on the ground floor,then, after you finish the dishes, you can go the exit 5 of the staion, and just keep walking about 5 mins, you can go shopping in the Breeze Centre.

(Red line)
1. (Shilin Station) National Palace Museum: It's a world class museum as you mentioned ^^ (you don't remember that I had been working there for a year?)

2. (Jiantan Station) Shilin Night Market; you can have a lot of local food there!

Taipei County: Yes, there are some good places near Taipei city that you can visit it. So... Plz tell me where are you going, and I will give you some advice, then!

About my life in London; I am get used to live here right now. London is a quite cool place, everything is just soooo London and When I visited the Big Ben, it has recalled me a lot of memories, like we have been there together with Emily, um... time goes so fast!
Well, I am not doing the same course as before (BA & final year), it's my first time to do the MA course, I study Enterprise and Management for the Creative Arts in London, and I am doing the Pre-sessional in this summer. By the way, the weather in London this year is hot and it's not raining all the time, so it's fine for me. :)
Moreover, I live in school accommodation at the moment, the dorm is OK to me cause I can make lots of new friends but I prefer to move out with another 2 girls in Sep. :) Anyway, I will write you more about my life here next time, I need to do some home work now.


Any questions about the trip in Taipei just let me know! & enjoy your life in Korea!

Nia