Pat and I knocked down a few more cuisines the last 2 days. We had delicious indian food at a little place called Tandoor. We must have been there early because we were the first people in the restaurant, and it was friday night. We ordered a selection of awesomeness including lamb dahl (lentils) and a spicy chicken tikka masala. We skipped rice and plowed through some killer butter naan. yumyumyum. I want to eat more right now.We checked out of our hotel and moved into our apartment for good on Saturday morning. Noticed that our master bath smelled of sewer gas, and pat had not even been in there yet…had to do some “who speaks english and is in town that we can call to talk to the landlords” juggling and were informed that a plumber will be around on monday, and that the other floors were experiencing similar complaints. Another couple has moved into our nearly empty apartment building, on the 4th floor.It has been grey, annoyingly drizzly (but not really raining) and windy for the last 3 days, the rain finally picked up last night with some seriousness, and I had to send Pat off to his first day of work with my nice umbrella because the 100NT ($3) one we bought on the street is so cheap and crappy (who knew?). I hope he isn’t soaking when he gets there!Last night we braved the spitting clouds to head out for dinner at a sushi joint that we read about on “The Hungry Girl’s Guide to Taipei” (a really useful site written by a taiwan native who splits her time between here and cali, she puts maps and cost info and gives you helpful tips, like whether they have english menus etc.). The tea that they served us was amazing. It wasn’t sweetened, but it was light and fruity and smelled almost like plums. We ordered a tomato salad, a small sashimi platter, a tuna and avocado roll, and grilled asparagus. Everything was delicious. The sashimi platter had about 8 pieces on it, and the fish was so fresh and creamy. We paid our bill and left feeling like we stole something. $23 bucks for sushi dinner! Then we went to have a celebratory beverage at My Other Place to cap off the weekend. As we easily navigated back home through the winding alleys, we realized that the we were already scuffing off the *new* polish and breaking in Taipei.

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