Day 01Taipei
A slower kind of arrival
Landing, coffee & the first pages
27,128 steps · 19.29 km
We landed in the morning, freshened up and went for breakfast. Then Alchemist Daan offered an oasis from the sweltering heat. That tranquil cafe transformed our vacation into a reading trip, with Tiffany and me reading together between walks, food stops and browsing.
Alchemist Daan
Coffee and reading in a tranquil oasis from the sweltering heat. For me, this was where our vacation became a reading-focused experience.
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Arrival in Taiwan
Landed in the morning.
Alchemist Daan
Coffee and reading in a tranquil oasis from the sweltering heat. For me, this was where our vacation became a reading-focused experience.
MapsWalking and shopping
Continued walking and shopping after Smoothie House.
Huashan 1914 Creative Park (華山1914文化創意產業園區)
Walked through the ISHANDS crafts event and explored all the shops in the area.
MapsDay 02Taipei
Coffee, then the city
A cafe morning & a shopping afternoon
26,815 steps · 18.75 km
A Chuan’s mee sua was amazing. We followed it with reading at Oh mi! before lunch in Xinyi. The afternoon took us through malls, Taipei 101 and the night market, with dinner and unDer lab still to come.
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A Chuan Oyster Noodles (阿川蚵仔麵線 / 阿川麵線)
Morning mee sua. I thought it was amazing—so much so that we came back the next morning.
MapsDay 03Taipei → Taichung
A little piece of us
A portrait & reading breaks in Taichung
17,242 steps · 12.21 km
After returning to A Chuan for mee sua, we took the HSR to Taichung. At Shenji New Village, an artist drew us with Miso and Dashi from photos. Between exploring, we found time for an hour of reading at TWO DAY and another in the museum cafe.
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A Chuan Oyster Noodles (阿川蚵仔麵線 / 阿川麵線), Taipei
We returned for mee sua because we had enjoyed it so much the previous morning.
MapsTaipei Main Station → Taichung HSR Station
Took the high-speed rail from Taipei Main Station to Taichung.
Taipei Main Taichung HSR審計新村 (Shenji New Village)
We walked here, browsed and bought a custom framed portrait. The artist worked from photos to draw us with our cats, Miso and Dashi.
MapsDay 04Taichung
A day in Taichung
MIYO Coffee & Green Museumbrary
20,503 steps · 14.87 km
Our longest cafe stay, the cutest cat, and reading until noon. Later, Green Museumbrary’s beautiful art and library felt perfectly at home in our reading trip. Its timely AI exhibit also left me thinking about AI’s potential dangers.
7-Eleven
Walked here, bought water, and read for 45 minutes.
Green Museumbrary 綠美圖
After TCAM, we visited the beautiful Main Library. The art and library were a standout for me; the special AI exhibit felt timely and scary.
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MIYO Coffee 覓郵咖啡
We read until noon. Our longest cafe stay of the trip: quiet, peaceful, and with the cutest cat.
Maps7-Eleven
Walked here, bought water, and read for 45 minutes.
Taichung Public Library, Main Library (臺中市立圖書館總館), Taichung Green Museumbrary (綠美圖)
After TCAM, we visited the beautiful Main Library, a standout that captured our reading-focused trip. I also found the art exhibit beautiful and the special AI exhibit timely. The AI simulation felt scary and brought to mind potential dangers of AI.
MapsTaichung Central Park → Fengjia Night Market
Walked through the park to the night market.
Central Park FengjiaDay 05Taichung → Taipei
A room made for reading
Back to Taipei & a Library Suite
22,984 steps · 17.06 km
We returned to Taipei by HSR and explored Songshan, Garden City, Zhongshan and Ximending. Back at Eslite Hotel, we learned about our upgrade to a Library Suite. Its beauty perfectly captured the reading-focused feel of our vacation.
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Eslite Hotel 誠品行旅
Back at the hotel, we learned about our upgrade to a Library Suite. I thought it was beautiful—a perfect fit for our reading-focused vacation.
MapsEslite Spectrum Songyan 誠品生活松菸, B1
Had dessert in the mall's B1 food court; vendor and exact dish names not specified.
MapsDay 06Taipei
One last chapter
A quiet day at Eslite
The typhoon-related closures kept us at Eslite Hotel. I finished Wind and Truth, the book I had started on this trip and read throughout our travels. We had lunch and dinner at the hotel’s ground-floor restaurant.
Eslite Hotel 誠品行旅
We lounged at the hotel during the typhoon-related closures. I finished Wind and Truth (The Stormlight Archive, Book 5).
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Eslite Hotel 誠品行旅
We lounged at the hotel during the typhoon-related closures. I finished Wind and Truth (The Stormlight Archive, Book 5).
MapsDay 07Taipei and departure
A little more wandering
Taipei & departure
The typhoon limited our last day. We walked around the two malls near our hotel, Eslite Songyan and Garden City, then headed back to the airport.
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The two malls share one part of the day; their relative order wasn’t recorded. All times are Taipei time.
Before the airport · both malls, order unrecorded
Airport, not yet specified
Headed back to the airport.
Notes from the table
The mee sua, the gong wan, and those two bowls of dessert.
Mee sua, twice
I thought A Chuan’s mee sua was amazing. We came back the very next morning.
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Gong wan 貢丸
Another highlight for me. This memory isn’t tied to a particular shop.
Something sweet at Eslite
Another food highlight from the trip, kept here alongside our photograph.
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A week of reading, together.
Tiffany and I read through our cafe breaks. I started and finished Wind and Truth during the trip, reaching the last page at Eslite Hotel on 23 October. Maps
Across 5 explicitly timed reading sessions.
Only part of our reading time.
82.19 km recorded across Days 1–5.
Days 6–7 have no final walking totals.
Distance is the device’s walking-and-running estimate, not a reconstructed route.