The original Din Tai Fung location (only does take out, but sit down at a location around the corner!)

Despite now being on the opposite side of the globe (not quite, https://www.geodatos.net/en/antipodes/united-states/saint-paul) our internal clocks were still expecting nasal a's and uff da's. We woke up at 7 am (5 pm), had breakfast (dinner) at 8:30 am (6:30 pm), and hit the streets by 9:30 am (7:30 pm). We started with a personal history tour: seeing some old haunts of Karen's when she taught here many moons ago. We continued on, catching a couple of sections of what long ago was the wall that surrounded Taipei. We continued towards the Longshan temple, but were distracted by the national botanical gardens. Despite our proximity to our original destination, we decided to head back to the hotel for a break, our jet lag beginning to catch up to us. 

We took the metro (which is lovely) directly back to the Longshan temple. Walked back through the botanical gardens (yes, they are that good). Walked to the Chiang-Kai Shek memorial, and ended our day at Din Tai Fung. Returning to the hotel by 6:30 pm (4:30 am), we boldly envisioned a night of swimming and drinks at the bar, which became drink at the bar.