Jet Lagged

It's so nice to be home! We've just returned from a near 2 week long trip to the beautiful Island Nation of Taiwan. We traveled all around the ultra modern and sparkling clean city of Taipei using their number 1 in the world rated metro system of which the country is kind enough to place English instructions everywhere. A big Thank You, Taiwan is in order! We traveled to the interior mountain ranges to visit Alishan where I would see the first sunset in my life that would, if you dare laugh at this next part..., actually bring tears to my eyes. And of course, and most importantly, we ate amazing food!
In Taiwan in whichever city we found ourselves in there were these large dining rooms with a large buffet. You could take what ever looked good and pile it onto the paper tray you picked up at the beginning. One of the hygienic aspects I noticed and appreciated was that you received your own pair of tongs to take down the food line with you so as to not rest the handle that you had just touched into someone else's fried tofu. That's right! I said tofu. The whole buffet is vegetarian- run by Buddhists! All you need do is take what tempts you and place it on a scale at the end of the line and pay per kilogram. I never spent more than 3 dollars and it wasn't from a lack of trying, believe me.
I can't gush enough about the wonderful time we had and the things we saw. The people in Taiwan were so helpful and friendly I want to write them all fan mail. If you are planning your next vacation to somewhere far far away consider heading east where air is moist, the people are great, and food is so readily vegan!
Thank you to my wonderful brother for taking us all on this journey. We will never forget it. I was so impressed by your knowledge of the language! I love you so very very much!