Photos by Lilian Manning (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Student Correspondent for CET Taiwan, Spring 2023
![Indoor Taipei Flower Market with flowers displayed on carts and in stalls](https://cetacademicprograms.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Blog_Taiwan_Spring-2023_Lilian-Manning_1_Taipei-Flower-Market_800x533.jpg)
During the first day of the Tomb Sweeping Day holiday, I went with my friend to visit her mom working at the Taipei Flower Market. This is the view from inside the live flower market at 增山蘭園.
![A river view by a coffee shop in Tamsui, Taiwan called Café La Vie Révée Des Anges on a cloudy day](https://cetacademicprograms.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Blog_Taiwan_Spring-2023_Lilian-Manning_2_Cafe-La-Vie-Revee-Des-Anges_800x600.jpg)
One Saturday, the Taiwanese class went to Tamsui to practice ordering in Taiwanese and learn the names of some local foods. This is the river view by my favorite coffee shop in Tamsui: Café La Vie Révée Des Anges.
![The set of “Margaret Leng Tan: Dragon Ladies Don’t Weep” in the National Theater in Taiwan](https://cetacademicprograms.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Blog_Taiwan_Spring-2023_Lilian-Manning_3_National-theater_800x600.jpg)
I’ve been visiting the National Theater during the weekends, and this is the set of “Margaret Leng Tan: Dragon Ladies Don’t Weep” in the experimental theater.
![A giant moving light-up whale hanging above people at the Songshan station entrance](https://cetacademicprograms.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Blog_Taiwan_Spring-2023_Lilian-Manning_2_Songshan-station_700x1244-576x1024.jpg)
While waiting for my friend to show up to go to the Raohe night market, I walked around the Songshan station, which has this large moving light-up whale singing at its entrance.
![An architectural exhibition in MOCA Taipei](https://cetacademicprograms.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Blog_Taiwan_Spring-2023_Lilian-Manning_5_MOCA-Taipei_700x933.jpg)
This was one of my favorite views of an architectural exhibition in MOCA Taipei.
![Skyline view of Taipei, Taiwan from a balcony at night](https://cetacademicprograms.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Blog_Taiwan_Spring-2023_Lilian-Manning_6_Taiwan-Skyline_700x933.jpg)
The skyline from the balcony of my friend’s nail studio lights up the clouds at night.
![The inside of Don Don Donki in Ximen packed full of food and other items with people in the narrow aisle](https://cetacademicprograms.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Blog_Taiwan_Spring-2023_Lilian-Manning_7_Don-Don-Donki-supermarket-in-Ximen_700x933.jpg)
The interior of Don Don Donki in Ximen is packed full of food, knick-knacks, and much else. My roommates and I had a fun time exploring this Japanese supermarket during the weekend.
![Someone restoring art on a painting at an art restoration studio in Taiwan](https://cetacademicprograms.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Blog_Taiwan_Spring-2023_Lilian-Manning_8_Internship1_700x933.jpg)
![A wooden table with a pot of tea and plates with snacks like apples, corn, fruit cookies, and wafers](https://cetacademicprograms.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Blog_Taiwan_Spring-2023_Lilian-Manning_8_Internship2-tea-time_700x933.jpg)
My internship in Taipei is at an art restoration studio. Since I arrived, there’s been an ongoing project on this painting from the 1800s. Most days at my internship, we break for tea around 5 pm. On this day, tea time had particularly plentiful snacks, including apples, corn, fruit cookies (水果餅), and wafers.
![People waiting to get inside a famous candied fruits store in An Ping Old Street](https://cetacademicprograms.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Blog_Taiwan_Spring-2023_Lilian-Manning_10_Tainan-with-language-partner_700x933.jpg)
I went to Tainan with my language partner during the long holiday due to Tomb Sweeping Day and Children’s Day. This is a famous candied fruits store in An Ping Old Street.