Well, the typhoon is definitely finished here in Taipei. I don’t think there was much if any rain today. When we went out walking people were bringing out the stands, tables and sun umbrellas that had been stowed for the storm. We went to our favorite breakfast spot for brunch. Everyone seemed to be out on this Sunday morning. We had to take a number and wait for a table.

We went to a Japanese Restaurant called Hatsu for meat on the grill for dinner.

The biggest winds, here in Taipei from the Typhoon, were Friday night. During the day Saturday the Typhoon was downgraded and is now just a big storm. It is moving north. It rained all day. Although it is still windy we can no longer hear the wind howling outside our hotel window.

We went to the bakery and to the convenience store, across the street, to get food for breakfast and lunch and had dinner in the hotel bar.

The only damage I’ve seen from the Typhoon is a sign that must have been blown down.

We have tickets to fly home on Tuesday although at this point our seats have been downgraded and we are no longer in premium economy. I’m really hoping we can change that before Tuesday.

If you haven’t read about Typhoon Champi you can go to the New York Times and search on Typhoon or Taiwan and read all about it. Our plane home was scheduled for tomorrow morning. But in the last 24 hours, as the typhoon has gotten closer, the flight has been delayed three times. And then, about an hour ago, they cancelled the flight altogether. Now we have a new flight scheduled for next Tuesday and we’ve booked three more nights at this hotel.

Taipei was pretty much shut down today. Apparently Taiwan has Typhoon days the way we have snow days. We walked to our favorite breakfast spot this morning but it was locked up tight.

There is a wonderful bakery across from the hotel. We picked up some goodies there and took them back to the room where we were have a birds-eye view of the wind and the rain. Luckily we have a very comfortable large room.

I had plenty of time today to finish editing our Vietnam YouTube video. If you are interested you can watch it here.

10 Days in Vietnam | Da Nang, Hanoi & Ha Long Bay (With Prices)
https://youtu.be/JxrU1txWqLo

Breakfast isn’t included at our hotel in Taipei. We found a very nice breakfast spot, Melange Cafe. It’s not far from the hotel We went there for breakfast yesterday and today.

The air raid shelter sign right outside our hotel is reminder that the Taiwanese have a constant concern about a mainland China attack.

We went to two museums today the first is the Museum of Contemporary Art. It’s in a former school building not far from our hotel.

We walked to the second museum. It’s the 228 Memorial Museum and it’s about a mile from our hotel. It was extremely interesting. Taiwan was a Dutch Colony. It was a Japanese Colony for fifty years before World War II. As with most countries Taiwans history is complex.

After World War Two there was internal strife about who would control the Taiwanese government and whether the Japanese who had lived in Taiwan for many years would still have representation. Anti government protests broke out. The nationalist Chinese declared marshall law after protests started Feb 28, 1946. (Hence the name of the museum 228). Dissent was forbidden. The people who protested against the Chinese Nationalists were arrested and killed. For many years it was illegal to talk about what happened to them. The museum was created to redress the injustices of that period. I thought it was very well done and very interesting.

This morning we went to the Taiwan National Museum. They had several really interesting exhibits. I especially liked the one about Taiwan butterflies.

For dinner we went to a Ramen restaurant called Menya Hanabi.

About 8pm we took an Uber to a jazz show at Blue Note Taipei and enjoyed a very good trio.