Grocery shopping

One of Frankie's favorite restaurants here is "I love sushi", which is located in Hualien's only indoor mall. After we ate, went grocery shopping at Carrefour, which is the largest supermarket chain here in Taiwan. It is similar to T&T in Vancouver, and if they don't have it, nobody will. Here we find lots of imported foods, such as pastas, sauces, Campbell soups, real Canadian maple syrup, pancake flour, skippy peanut butter, etc etc.....at a premium price of course.

Indoor shopping is the only way to go when it rains, because you are soaked in seconds if parking outdoors. Here is looking out at the rain from my office window.....

Folks here have no idea what "hydroplaning" is, and I see that often when rainwater begins to pool on the road and highways. What is even more amazing is that the rain does not stop folks on scooters, or even bicycles! They wrap themselves in plastic sheets and cut a hole for the face, and voila. If the rain is not heavy, some even hold an umbrella on one hand and steer the bike with another. You have to see to believe. I suppose looking from my point of view, it makes no sense. But if you have a family to feed and you have to go to work, and your only mode of transportation is a bike, then comes hell or high water, you just do it. Hualien city has no public transit. No buses. Taxis are busy on rainy days..........