Shopping in Taipei: the most frequent view of the shop into a convenience store

Eslite Bookstore

Editor's Note: When a person alone in a strange place to study, months or years of life, unfolding in front of him, is a new landscape, culture and customs. Young people are most keen on is through travel, direct communication with local people to understand the local culture, history and customs, because the understanding of people and things will be more understanding and more tolerant.

Experience living and studying in a foreign land, sentiment and emotion, the shock of cultural differences to bring young people to change and far-reaching impact, is our hope that through this column shows, the hope that more young people to understand the world through a study tour to enrich the heart, joy growth.

Individual mainland residents to tour start for some time. For politicians, this is further strong signal cross-strait relations; in the eyes of the business, which will undoubtedly bring considerable economic growth; and travelers have been "coveted" is that Taiwan's beauty, food and unique culture.

Individual Visit Scheme in Taiwan before opening in September 2009, in my capacity as exchange students to study half a year in Taipei, Taiwan, honor the free exercise of early experience. At that time, in a personal capacity mainland residents to travel in Taiwan, little, local people heard me talking about different "language" on the curious to ask where I come from. I guess they come from Hong Kong or Singapore, Malaysia and even Japan. When I told them I come from the mainland, they will look surprised and even more enthusiasm. At that time I was thinking, this beautiful island should have more visitors from mainland China to make public on both sides to enhance understanding.

Taiwan already beautiful, subtropical climate, surrounded by the sea, the Central Mountain Range north to south. Taiwanese turn diligent and careful development of tourism resources head, environmental, transport and accommodation, every aspect considered. Taiwan's unique cultural diversity but also for other places do not have, aboriginal culture, Chinese culture, Japanese culture and American popular culture are intertwined.

Play compared to the depth of travel and package tours are always very different. I slow down, actively working with local contacts, visit unknown sites, observing people gestures, understand each scene, with another perspective on this place and the people living here. We are the same language, our cultural differences, we are keen to know each other.

I have traveled many places and never considered not less, if the word "walls" made of a single list, and Taiwan is well-deserved TOP1.

What will be the general's trip to Taiwan left the impression in the mind? Direct flight on a beautiful flight attendants in the iconic attractions of the pictures, Taoyuan International Airport in a hurry to buy Gifts, as well as the beauties of the small road next to the house. Taiwan Tourism has opened a few years, numerous visitors from mainland China visited the travel agency designed "a few days island hopping" route. Fly and no shortage of fun, but I do not know how many people will think they have tours to Taiwan, "There are mountains and rivers have not played so much better", it is difficult to have the opportunity to come back here. In fact, the island is only so good a blessing, the only free trip, in order to appreciate the beauty of traveling in Taiwan. Taipei is just a city, its landscape and human enough to make people hang around.

MRT

Taipei travel, be sure to experience the Taipei subway. Taiwan, known as "Metro" to "MRT", presumably to take quick, convenient transportation means. Metro and mainland China where the biggest difference is the prohibition of eating. Since the "drink" water naturally included, which has been prohibited even in the subway eating people will feel harsh. People demanding, but loose on the pet, the Taipei MRT ride to allow passengers to carry small pets, so take the time can often see people leaving pet package, which are constantly filled with a living thing. News station broadcasting Mandarin, English, Taiwanese and Hakka, which is good for the shortest time to learn a dialect.

To encourage environmentally friendly travel, Taipei MRT can carry a bike ride, a lot of up and down the train station to allow bicycles and bicycle access to stations with convenient elevator, some of the stations outside the station also has car rental points.

Tours in Taipei, in addition to receiving free travel in the MRT navigation manual, you can also buy a special introduction Express Travel books, which will detail the various MRT stations can travel around the place. Bicycle, shuttle and tour Taipei MRT used in combination to save a considerable amount of transportation costs. However, with the occasional taxi driver, Mr. Ye Hao chat, talk about what topic casually, but do not call people to hold back the "master."

Taipei MRT has been operating very in style, some stations have art exhibitions or exhibition, as well as MRT stations have special souvenir shops. Style is also reflected in the name of the card on the bus, "travel card" with Beijing's "One Card" and Hong Kong's "Octopus" compared to what is more elegant, self-evident.

Shop

Shopping in Taipei, the most frequent view of the shop into a convenience store. Stores up to two brands are 7-11 and Family, the intensity of their exaggerated, through a shop window you can see the next intersection to another store signs. Function of a convenience store here has been to maximize the expansion has become an important channel for people's lives. In addition to shopping, the convenience stores can receive parcels, drinking coffee, eating fast food, through ATM withdrawals and automatic ticket machines and purchase tickets. Convenience store clerk are all enthusiastic attitude deft hands and feet, many of them are college students, study, work and community activities fill their lives.

In the Eslite bookstore reading a good book, although the traditional vertical layout instead of traditional and brought new people to the mainland experience. Bookstore or sit in retro style of the book table or sitting on the sofa, it was sitting on the ground leaning against the bookcase corner directly, tired, they change position, read one and then take one on. Eslite Dyna shop is located in the Tun Hwa South Road, is said to be the world's first 24-hour bookstore, the slogan is "no end of knowledge, reading is not closing." The Eslite Xinyi shop literally overflowing with consumer culture in the Xinyi District, downtown area of ​​color to create a spirit of the island. Let all the people reading posture Eslite bookstore atmosphere is better than only the young people in the university library, love the people of Taipei to study here to become a cultural landmark.

All night reading a book out of the bookstore, it was getting light, the morning run up more people, on a roadside billboard campaign portrait smile. Select a small arcade in the street facade of the breakfast, order a pancake cup of tea, then returned it after eating, with the dream to meet a new day in Taipei. Aug text and photo