I saw a pug

Yesterday we took the metro to Tamsui and walked along the boardwalk next to the river.

"I miss the way the DC metro smells and looks like a dungeon"
said no one, ever

Here's a picture of the Taipei metro. Isn't it shiny?

We walked off the metro and the first thing I found was a pug.

It was sitting next to an ice cream stand.

The boardwalk had a lot of food and souvenir shops, and some little arcade games for kids. I got some fried mushrooms from a mushroom stand.

The river and mountains

I should probably just start out all my blog entries by saying "It was really hot, so we got ice cream/shaved ice/bubble tea/etc"... I hope for the sake of my wallet that once I come back to the states I won't have an excessive cold desert habit.

Unsurprisingly, the ice cream stands were numerous and popular along the boardwalk.

Green tea shaved ice

This is what the shaved ice machine looked like. I'm serious.
We had to get some in honor of the recent Supreme Court decision!

After food, we went on a boat trip across the river.

 

 

The boat itself rocked around a bit, which made it more fun. I don't really get sea-sick.
 

 Eventually, we reached the other side of the river.

stand tall, little tree!

something went wrong here

And then it was time for more food. I tried a bell fruit (also known as a wax apple) which tasted like a better version of a normal apple.

a red bean pastry

We eventually crossed the river again and went back by the ice cream stand where I saw the pug. It wasn't there (sometimes life hits you hard), but a giant ice cream cone was.

"look. ice cream. we don't have that in America" - Ron Swanson, probably