Saturday, August 8, 2009

Weekend walks in Taichung (2)

Our next weekend walk took place after we got back from the US. We actually went out for a walk on Saturday morning and then did some sightseeing on Sunday afternoon (more on that in a minute).

Our morning walk allowed me to catch up on construction on the "National Museum" building.
From Several weekend walks
Good progress is being made but I cannot tell yet if they have topped it off.

There were some beautiful flowers out in the park by Moonlight Basin and HotelOne.
From Several weekend walks
From Several weekend walks
You can see from the pictures that the weather was threatening rain.

I took a couple pictures of this building on a corner lot on the parkway heading towards the Art Museum. It has always interested me in how much glass there is on the building. The lower floor (or two floors) look like they will eventually be a commercial space and the upper three floors and the roof are housing, though I cannot tell if it is one or multiple apartments.
From Several weekend walks
From Several weekend walks
You can tell from the plants that people are living in the upper floors now.

We walked past the Taichung Cultural Center to see the corner which had been in construction for a while. Neither of us could remember if this sculpture was new or old.
From Several weekend walks
The construction is complete and the corner is back and usable which is good for the fall when I start running outside again. The construction complicated my favorite route.

We walked around the Art Museum and along a street of restaurants, several of which we have visited. This one, Le Mout, we had not and that turned out to be our plan for Saturday night. It was our best and most expensive dinner in Taichung. And will need to be the subject of a full entry later.
From Several weekend walks

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