My original adventure today was to see Minsu Folk Park, which is supposed to be a little slice of traditional Taiwan. I was going to take the bus right after teaching this afternoon.
I ended up going a few hours later, after getting an early sushi dinner. As it was, I got on the bus during rush hour, and thought I'd miss my stop simply because the bus was too full for me to see the scrolling stops at the front of the bus. I could still hear them, so that was fine.
Midway through the journey, it started to get dark. It gets dark here around 6pm/6:30pm, even in the summer. I thought I wouldn't be able to see anything, but there wasn't much to see in the actual park, anyway. But then I saw the dancers.
Every night, or at least a few nights per week, women gather in parks throughout the city to line dance. Tonight I finally joined in, and it was awesome!!! I danced with the women for a while, and then headed back to catch the bus.
While dancing, an adorable little girl started to mimic me, but then realized I didn't know what I was doing, so she went to dance next to the leader.
It apparently isn't summer for me without a bit of line dancing, so hello summer!
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