When we got there, we reveled in the air conditioning and found out it was Charlene’s last day in Hsinchu, so she came over and played with Vince. That’s Charlene and Selina in the blurry photo. We had a good time there and had a bit to eat in the food court downstairs. Then we went home and I tried to participate in the Holland Village water olympics but I didn’t have a cap on, so I got kicked out of the pool. Who knew you had to wear a cap.

Today we went and climbed the local mountain here in Hsinchu. The name starts off “18-something mountain”. I’m not sure what it means. We had a nice time walking up steps and seeing everybody out with their kids. We saw a bunch of people playing the chinese flute. Then we decided to wander down the mountain towards the Ambassador hotel. It was only 10:30, but I was dying of hunger, so we stopped at a 7-11 and I bought this seaweed-wrapped rice triangle that I’ve seen advertised on TV. The packaging is very clever, they wrap it in a way so that there is plastice between the rice and the seaweed, so the seaweed stays crispy.