Day Five
Today is our final full day in Taipei, time to visit museums and parks.
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The first stop is the Taiwan Design Museum, housed in an old Tobacco Factory.
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The museum houses both collections from upcoming designers and Red Dot awarded designs.
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After spending nearly two hours at the museum we headed to the Botanical Gardens. It was supposed to start raining at three, so we had a few hours left.
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After seeing numerous Japanese Botanical Gardens this one was a bit underwelming. It's probaly the time of year when nothing blossoms. Still, it was nice to stroll around. Close by is one of the 5 Gates that surrounded the city when they were built in 1884.
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From the gate it was only a short walk to the 228 Peace Memorial Park.
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The park was created to remember the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_28_Incident">victims of the February 28 Incident of 1947</a>.
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After a quick shower at the hotel, we headed out for dinner.
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