Our 7 Month Travel Blog

On our second day in Taiwan, we started the day visiting Liberty Square in Taipei City.

The square has been the city’s public gathering space since the 1970s and its name comes from the role it played in Taiwan’s transition from one-party rule to democracy in the 1990s.

This included the Wild Lily Student Movement in 1990, where protestors wore white lilies and created giant replicas of the flower as a symbol of democracy, which led to Taiwan’s first elections.

We were lucky to also see the guard ceremony, which takes place daily, outside the main hall.

From Liberty Square we then walked to Chifeng Street. The area used to be known for selling car and hardware parts and was called ‘blacksmith street’, but is now dotted with art museums, restaurants and hippy cafes.

There were also some nice small shops, selling ceramics and other local crafts.

We then walked back to our hostel through Taipei City, where there were many interesting things to see…

We also randomly came across this cafe and had to stop!

We then arrived back at our hostel and had a nice meal and then helped ourselves to the very refreshing drinks on offer!