We were in the car on our way to our famous 'meeting place' -a small Chinese resturant that does the best banquets in town- to catch up with my grandparents where we would do the old switcheroo. It was going to be me, my mum and my grandma going on what would be the greatest holiday yet!
I chose to do what I normally do in the car, just listen to the music and stare out of the window pretending to be in a heart-felt movie scen or music video as I stared out dramatically into the distance. That was until a little whisper broke my focus. "It says that your ticket must match your passpot name exactly, they won't let Amehka on the plane." My ticket had been printed with the wrong name on it.
After any unsuccesful phone calls we change course for the International Airport and my stomach grumbled in protest. After much protest, heart-felt sob stories, stomped feet, large hand-gestures and fluttering of the eyelashes, the asian man by the name of Jimmy made a 'comment' on my online ticket explaining that I was also known as this name and he reassured us that we "SHOULD BE" fine to get to Paris (that was where we were heading but with a stop-over in Taipei first). Coming home was another story... Jimmy was a top bloke. One day I want to be like Jimmy #JimmyforPresident.
On the plane to Taipei I got stuck with had the pleasure of sitting next to mum and my grandma (ma) goto stuck with "Nancy," an Asian lady who decided to adopt and look after my grandma, even blessing her for safe travels.
Once we arrivd we headed into the city. Ofcourse, the first place in Taipei we had to go was Starbucks where I had my first green tea cream frappecino which was amazeballs!! It was at this time that I decided it might have been just a little too cold outside for just a t-shirt and jeans as EVERYONE that walked past the window we were sitting in had more layers then an onion (Or an Ogre)
Before we had left Australia I had asked mym if it was cold in Taipei at this time of the year but she had assured me that it was just as hot as Australia. ao I just wore my Starwars T-shirt and my new Mink-Pink jeans. Little did I know that it was the middle of winter until I saw everyone walking around in dozens of layers. But where were all of my warm clothes? Getting loaded onto the next plane... Despite this, we headed off to a temple, chattering teeth and all.
Here are the photos from my very first day in another country. I was in love with Taipei and so excited to come back in just over a month!~
Once it started to get dark we headed back to the airport where we enjoeyed the best dumplings and free wifi! I noticed that our boarding passes were covered in 'Hello Kitty" themed cartoons amd when we got to our gate I saw that so was everything else from the plastic seats to the themed playground that mum would let her almost 17-year-old daughter on. I mean what's with that?
LURVE LURVE LURVE TAIPEI and I hope you sort-of maybe thought this post was alright. TOODLES!
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