Fort San Domingo, and next to it the former British Consular residence,
which now functions as a museum.

 
Our van driver let us off at the far end of this street, and
told us to walk down then turn right to the Tamsui old street.

 
Castella cake with chocolate chips fresh out of the oven.

 
Gabby bought a piece, but needed to wait for it to be cut.

Another store selling the traditional Castella without chocolate chip.
Ayumi bought a piece from this shop.

The pedestrian Tamsui old street.
(There is another street in parallel to this one but along the Tamsui river.)

Scallion pancake.

A Japanese snack popular in Japan and outside Japan.
It is made of batter in a special pan, and filled with sweet red bean paste.
In Taiwan, it is called Red Bean cake (紅豆餅), or Car Wheel cake (車輪餅).
In Japan, it is called various names depending on era and area, but
Taiko manju (太鼓饅頭) or Taiko-yaki (太鼓焼き) are two of the known names.

 
In Xin-Beitou, at a geothermal pond with steaming misty air.

 
Walking up after visiting the geothermal pond.

On the lane where Vincent's grandfather's former house in Xin-Beitou is.
We took the grandkids here to show them where Agong used to spend time playing with his cousins when growing up.
(The house is still there, but owned by someone else.
With a high stone wall and closed gate, we could not see anything but the 2nd floor deck and roof top.)

 
At Beitou park.

Some of the lantern festival display.

A branch of the popular pork-and-pepper bun shop near our hotel.
The hot bun was juicy and delicious.