For our second day in Taiwan we went to the new National Taipei University Campus and were treated to a Kung Fu demonstration as well as a brief introduction to calligraphy. We also attended a lecture on inventory management. We also met our great hosts for the next couple days - Carol, Sunny, Vicki & Wonjin. After out visit to NTPU we went over to a technology park that contains a huge number of high tech companies and a research center sponsored by the government. It was very interesting to see how the Taiwan government has worked to encourage technology industries and to hear about how they are shifting their focus to green industries. After the technology park we went to a very nice dinner that can only be described as family style. We had shrimp that came with the everything still attached, stonefish, dumplings, chicken, spare ribs and more stuff than I can remember. I have to say that the food has been a pleasant surprise and it is nowhere near as challenging for a westerner to adjust to.
After our dinner we made a mad dash for the "electronics" shopping district and it was like a flea market that was 5 stories tall and dedictaed to nothing but electronics hardware. The only thing that prevented us from spending all of our money there was the fact that we only arrived there 5 minutes before they closed. I think the plan is to revisit this place on our free day.
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