SNOWBIRDS TAKE ON THE BIG THREE: CHINA, KOREA & JAPAN!

The sun greeted us this morning and it was delightful!  We landed at the Keelong Port in Taipei, Tawain and got to have breakfast at an outside table onboard, smack dab in the middle of a sunbeam.  It was WONDERFUL! The four of us signed up for the “Highlights of Taipei” tour, met our guide, and boarded our bus.  First stop was Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall. The second stop was the last stop—WAIT A SEC—there were only TWO Taipei highlights? It was none other than the National Palace Museum.  Once there, we ditched our guide (can you spell I N T E N S E?) and did a self guided tour.  And again, I TRIED SO HARD to channel Chloe…. On the way back to the boat, our tour guide told us that Taipei’s tourism industry is extremely weak.  I immediately thought to myself, “If the two stops we made today are the highlights of Taipei, no wonder tourism is lacking!”  (I do realize that the majority of the people on our tour LOVED the museum.  I tried, but simpl...

The Regent Explorer is a relatively small boat, with 746 guests on board.  Which meant we felt every single wave last night, which meant we slept like a babies!  (At least Michelle and I did!)  Would you believe John and I woke up when our coffee was delivered at 7:15AM!  Ahhhhhh!   John ate breakfast and watched the news while I went to a yoga class!  We had the entire day to relax and recharge after two weeks of traveling, touring and walking!  And did it ever feel good!  We chilled up in The Library and got caught up on the news.  Later, we met up with Dave and Michelle for lunch poolside!  Here’s proof that they actually exist! John requested some bourbon for the room.  He was expecting tiny airplane bottles and this is what was waiting for him!  Picture him with a look of disbelief and a huge smile! We couldn’t stay for the entire Tawain Port Talk (we’ll be docked there tomorrow), because we had signed up for the Wok ‘n Ro...