Once we arrived at the MRT station out here somewhere in the north of Taipei, we decided to check out the Grand Hotel that's just around the corner from the station. We got into a taxi and asked to stop briefly for a 5 minute photo session.
Now isn't this GRAND! That's a bloomin' hotel! That's why they call it the grand hotel.
The taxi driver now suggested that we stop by another tourist sight, the martyr memorial shrine. I got to do my peace sign here too. Have no idea what's actually inside, but we were lucky enought to catch the hourly change of guard.
And then we made it to the actual gugong, the museum. It's a palace and a museum. It has some of the most impressive artifacts from chinese history. It has a large temple ground and is surrounded by beautiful hills. And: just opposite, it has the three ugliest high-rises I've ever seen, so ugly and spoiling it almost seems intentional, like an ugly building is a must in every vista.
