In summer 2002 I went on a research fellowship to Nagoya University in Nagoya, Japan, where Megumi lives. We used that opportunity to see many new places. In fact the summer was so packed with interesting things that this set is twice as long as usual!

After a week in Nagoya we traveled to Taiwan to visit Megumi's friend Mitchan and her husband. They live in Takao (Kaohsiung), but we started with a tour of the capital city of Taipei. Here is photo of what stands out most in my memory of Taipei, the motorcycles. People drove them everywhere, with little regard for safety, it seemed.	The national palace museum in Taipei, one of the largest museums in the world. It details Eastern history and prehistory, with artifacts taken from royal palaces, mostly in Beijing.

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