Once in Taipei we went to check into a fancy hotel, a stay at which my parents (and grandfather) had got us for Christmas. It was in the hostpring area of Taipei (Beitou, for those of you who may visit some day). Unfortunately we arrived far too early for check in time (12ish, the check-in time was 5). So we took our laundry and headed into Chidu as we had to do a few things there anyway. We had a dental appt (cleaning total cost for both of us being 300 NT, with the help of my apparently still active health card), did our laundry, which was the first time we actually used a laudrimat in Chidu, and had a nice farewell dinner with Tobi (my boss at the bushiban), Stephen (my coworker), Michelle (my coworker) and Henry (our very generous Taiwanese friend), followed by a nice chat and coffee at Petro (my boss at kindy) and Cornie's (her husband) home.
We got back to the Aqua Bella at about 11PM and checked in with the intention of going to bed right away. We did not get to bed until about 2 or 3.
The room we stayed in was possibly the nicest we have ever stayed in. The bed had more pillows than either of us knew what to do with and was amazingly comfortable (and if we had stopped our exploration of our room at that point we probably would have slept pretty much right away). We did not stop. In the bathroom was a bathtub that could have comfortably submerged a Taiwanese family of 4 (or a western family of 3). It had 3 settings: "hot", "cold" and "hot spring". There we soaps and salts to go with the tub. We naturally had to try them and the tubs "hot spring" setting out. We spent a long time in there followed by a time in front of the 50 inch TV that was in front of the bed, then some more time in the "hot spring" tub. If you ever get the chance I would highly recommend such a stay. The free breakfast was great too, they even had a few western breakfast food choices. Our next two days were blissful and decadent. I'll leave you to imagine.
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