Day 25

A day of formal visits starting with the Presidential Office Building. We were unable to take pictures of this structure, which is over 100 years old and was built by the Japanese. It houses an archive of important documents taht starts with 19 Japanese rulers and ends with the current Taiwanese president.

We had a short visit to the Eslite Book store. It is renown for its size and for being open for 24 hours. The team enjoyed perusing the many titles and was able to purchase books that were in Mandarin Chinese with English translations.

The Fuling Rotary Club hosted our lunch. We have enjoyed giving our presentations to the clubs and now know many members from previous encounters. Of course, Rotary flags were exchanged.

We traveled to Danshui Street, which is north of Taipei and on the coast. The team visited Fort San Domingo, which was from the time that the Spanish and Dutch inhabited the island of Taiwan. We also toured the former British Consulate building.

After tea at a local café, we walked along the waterfront and enjoyed the ocean view. Unfortunately, it was too late to take the ferry across the harbor.