Back in Taipei

The trip's over! We're back in Taiwan, after three amazing days in Hong Kong. There were so many cool things there. We went up the Midlevel Escalator, which is a series of escalators that go up through all these neighborhoods up in the hills. Then we made our way to a cool little zoo right in the middle of the city. After that we took a tram to The Peak, where you can look out over the city lights. Beautiful. The next day we took a half-hour gondola ride (with a glass bottom) to the biggest bronze seated Buddha in the world. It was really cool to see up close. Then we had our Thanksgiving dinner at a nice Thai restaurant. It wasn't quite like the states, but we tried to choose a place that felt kind of homey. (There were lots of families there and a Christmas tree) Then we went back to Temple Street night market and had one last look around before turning in and getting ready for our flight the next day.
And now we're back. Sue was nice enough to let us stay with her for these couple days before setting off to the states. It's so strange to be back in the old place and not have it be our place any more! Tonight we're getting together with some friends to drink beer and eat seafood on a rooftop restaurant near Daan Park. It's SO sad to say goodbye to people we've grown so close to and have had so much fun with over the past two years. I don't think it's really sunk in yet that we're leaving for good in two days. I'm trying not to think about it.