I Fell in Love with Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan

It doesn鈥檛 happen to me often. That I go somewhere and immediately want to go back as soon as I鈥檝e left. It has only happened with four places so far;聽Faroe Islands,聽Bratislava,聽Sey冒isfj枚r冒ur聽and just recently, Taipei. Now these are four very different locations, so what made each of them special to me? I鈥檓 not really sure how to answer that. It鈥檚 just a feeling that I get; a feeling of knowing a place even though I鈥檝e only been there for a few days; a feeling of belonging somewhere. I collect these places, as someday I鈥檒l settle down and I鈥檒l do it in a place that I feel like I belong to. I鈥檝e always had a passion for Faroe Islands and the Faroese culture and I鈥檓 a big fan of mountains and cold weather, so that鈥檚 where I dream of settling down in the future. But if I ever want to live in a city for a while, Taipei or Bratislava would be my choices at the moment.

So why Taipei?聽Well, it鈥檚 a huuuuge city and I don鈥檛 really like huge cities, but it didn鈥檛 feel that big to me. Instead of spending money on the metro, I chose to walk everywhere, which resulted in some long walks to places that I otherwise wouldn鈥檛 have thought about going to. I got to know Taipei pretty well in just 6 days. My favourite thing about Taipei is its surroundings; there are mountains everywhere! And that means endless hiking opportunities, which is definitely something that I need in my life. And then there鈥檚 Ximen. The lively and colourful neighbourhood in the Wanhua District, Taipei鈥檚 oldest district; this was the first place that I went to in the city and the place that made me tell the world that I LOVE Taipei after only 4 hours of exploring. And I have to say that seeing individual style was amazing after spending a month in Southeast Asia, where everyone pretty much dress the same. Ximen is undoubtedly the best place to see the many different clothing styles of the Taiwanese people! ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).

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Guide Name: I Fell in Love with Taipei
Guide Location: Taiwan » Taipei
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Article (B))
Author: Melissa Cherry Villumsen
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National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall
The Mengjia Longshan Temple
tourist night market
Taipei 101

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