We were supposed to go to Kenting and Jualien this weekend but the nurses invited us to attend their nurses appreciation day tomorrow so we have to postpone it…..so today was a pretty chill day. We really didn’t have any plans so we just slept in and caught up on blogging/e-mails, etc. For lunch we all split up and Sophia and I wanted these sandwiches we found earlier so we went in search of them. My nurse gave me a list of food names in Chinese and English so I could use it to ask around. I whipped it out and we got pointed into all different directions. You really have no idea how hard it is when you can’t communicate with people till you experience it. It’s so frustrating! Lol We finally found the place but it wasn’t even open. So we just picked a random place and pointed at stuff on the menu. Ha ha It turned out to be delicious!! Luckily. On our way home we ran into a delicious bakery! It was amaaaazing. Once again I can’t even explain how good the breads and pastries are here. Even the best bakeries in America don’t even come close to the random little family run shops here. Here are some pictures of it. 
We then went home and chilled for a couple of hours then met up with some of the nurses from the ICU to head to the night market! They were absolutely hilarious. They were all bubbly and outgoing and just flat out crazy. We had a blast. When we met up they all wanted to take us to the night market on their mopeds. So they put all of their keys into a helmet and had each of us close our eyes and pick a key…then we would ride with whoever’s key it was.
There were about 9 female nurses and 1 male nurse……and of course I drew the guy’s key! Ha ha So I got to ride with him, and he had a motorcycle not a moped. The ride was a blast! It was so fun riding around the city at night. But a little bit scary. 
The nurses went craaaaazy at the night market. They wanted us to try EVERYTHING. They bought tons of stuff for us and it just kept coming and coming and coming. Within the first 20 minutes I tried pork blood (absolutely disgusting), duck tongue, smoked squid, duck butt, squid balls, and chicken crowns (the things at the top of chicken’s heads. I actually really really liked the smoked squid, squid balls, and chicken crowns. More than anything you just mentally have to get past the cartilage texture then everything tastes good J. To top off the night we had to try STINKY TOFU.
Stinky Tofu is fermented (basically rotten) tofu. It smells TERRIBLE and it’s no exaggeration. You can smell it from far away and it smells like crap (literally). I don’t know how anyone enjoys it because it tastes like crap too. But for some reason the Taiwanese looooove it. I had a really hard time swallowing it down. 
But now I can say I’ve tried it :) It’s now about 11pm and we’re in for the night (like I said it was a pretty chill day). We just found out that next weekend we’re staying at a white sand beach resort…..woo hoo! Definitely beats Utah weather.....
We then went home and chilled for a couple of hours then met up with some of the nurses from the ICU to head to the night market! They were absolutely hilarious. They were all bubbly and outgoing and just flat out crazy. We had a blast. When we met up they all wanted to take us to the night market on their mopeds. So they put all of their keys into a helmet and had each of us close our eyes and pick a key…then we would ride with whoever’s key it was.
There were about 9 female nurses and 1 male nurse……and of course I drew the guy’s key! Ha ha So I got to ride with him, and he had a motorcycle not a moped. The ride was a blast! It was so fun riding around the city at night. But a little bit scary. The nurses went craaaaazy at the night market. They wanted us to try EVERYTHING. They bought tons of stuff for us and it just kept coming and coming and coming. Within the first 20 minutes I tried pork blood (absolutely disgusting), duck tongue, smoked squid, duck butt, squid balls, and chicken crowns (the things at the top of chicken’s heads. I actually really really liked the smoked squid, squid balls, and chicken crowns. More than anything you just mentally have to get past the cartilage texture then everything tastes good J. To top off the night we had to try STINKY TOFU.
Stinky Tofu is fermented (basically rotten) tofu. It smells TERRIBLE and it’s no exaggeration. You can smell it from far away and it smells like crap (literally). I don’t know how anyone enjoys it because it tastes like crap too. But for some reason the Taiwanese looooove it. I had a really hard time swallowing it down. But now I can say I’ve tried it :) It’s now about 11pm and we’re in for the night (like I said it was a pretty chill day). We just found out that next weekend we’re staying at a white sand beach resort…..woo hoo! Definitely beats Utah weather.....
luv the shirt ...JoJo
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