Sights!

Kris is feeling a bit better today, so we went out for a walk and we ended up in Liberty Square. I think today was some sort of holiday because there was a big gathering with flags and cheering and yellow head bands. It was either to commemorate the passing of Dr. Sun Yat Sen (although cheering would be a bit rude, no?) or it was Kuan Kung's Birthday. I have no idea who Kuan is, I googled all of that, including the name of the park we were in.

Liberty Square is huge and you enter it by going through these huge white gates - on either side are two giant halls and at the end is a statue of a Chiang Kai-shek. He is a former president of Tiawan, close bud of Dr. SYS and he tried to take back mainland China. There are mixed feelings about him in Tiawan, some love him and other hate him. Again, I wikipedia'ed all of this.

It felt good to be out and about again.

Everyone who we saw getting their picture taken in front of this shrine looked really solemn, so I figured I should do the same.


The big square from down-low.

Looking up at the gates, it is massive. The picture doesn't really do it justice.

Here is is again from a different perspective. I think every city should have a public square where people can gather.