Lina in her ancestral homeland

There was a frog at Taipei airport to welcome Lina for the first time to her ancestral homeland! Actually, I don't think you're supposed to take pictures in the customs area, but oh well. Lina was just thrilled to see this huge frog after a flight from Tokyo. She kept waving to the frog. Angelina is a 3rd generation Taiwanese-American, and this is her first trip back to the motherland. Come to think of it, I don't think I came to Taiwan for the first time until I was six or seven, so she's already ahead of me!

Lina waiting for some "tswa bieng"(sp?) (Taiwanese), or shaved ice, by the popular "Monster Ice" shop in Yongkang Street. We have been staying in this neighborhood, which is known for some great eats, including this shaved ice shop. It's also the neighborhood of the original Din Tai Fung.

There's a park near where we are staying with a slide and some other of these things I don't know what you call them...things you ride on...We are OCD w/ the anti-bacterial stuff b/c of all the potential H1N1 action going on here...

We found a Toys 'R Us today and let Lina run around to blow off some steam. She was so happy when she found this toy giraffe - it's the exact one that she has at home that her Uncle Jimbun gave to her!