I am looking forward to the breakfast at Cozzi Blu because I have read reviews on how good it is. And true enough, is really good. The spread and the variety is amazing. They even have a special section for kids, decorated with soft toys, and have snacks such as sweets, marshmallows and biscuits.
After breakfast we went to Xpark. Xpark is a very nice aquarium, situated inside a shopping mall right beside the hotel. From the breakfast restaurant, walk a few metres and we are at the entrance of Xpark. Really very convenient.
After Xpark, we had lunch at a dim sum restaurant in the shopping mall. Food was surprisingly good. Especially the lychee balls.
And then we went back to the hotel, to take the shuttle bus to Taoyuan HSR, to take the high speed train to Taichung. Thanks to Xiaoyu's recommendation, I scored a buy 1 get 1 free high speed train ticket, purchased on klook. Make the purchase on klook, then go to the HSR website to reserve the seats. Upon reaching the HSR station, go to the counter to get the physical tickets, need to show your passports and the reservation number.
After we get our tickets, we went to Gloria outlets to walk walk. Alot of brands' stores at Gloria outlets, but we did not buy anything. And then go back to Taoyuan HSR to board the train. The kids are quite excited because is their first time taking the high speed train. Xiaoyu and Yvan also joined us today, where they took the same train from Taipei.
Reached Taichung HSR station, and off we went to collect our rental car. Our rental car is a white colour Toyota altis, very nice to drive. I had a good experience driving the Toyota prius in Hokkaido. Taiwan is left hand drive, so I was a bit nervous. The last time I drove in Taiwan was in 2019 november, at Yilan. So I take it slow and steady. We were supposed to visit Miyahara, a very famous ice cream shop, but Huanyang told us that the queue was crazy. So we skipped it. And then we also supposed to visit Shenji New Village, and the crowd was crazy, and we cant find carpark, so we also skipped it. We drove straight to our hotel. Hahahahahaha.
Tonight's hotel is K Hotel, excellent location, right inside Fengjia Night Market. But the downside is, the carpark is 5 minutes walk away from K Hotel. So is quite siong to take all our luggage and walk 5 minutes to the hotel. But we survived, thank goodness. The other downside is... the smelly tofu stall is exactly outside the hotel lift lobby. The moment we walked out of the lift, we can smell it already.
I ordered a deluxe family room (30 square metres), got bathtub, breakfast not included, for 203.66 sgd. Ok lah you pay for what you get. After checking in, dinner and entertainment (claw machines and 弹珠 machines for the kids) was settled at Fengjia Night Market.
That's it for Day 2~
