Daan Park is a big park right in the city center. Next to a very thought after public school, Taipei City Library (with a nice collection of children's book in English), Holy Family Catholic church, mosque and other attractions. It's very easy to get there, just hop on MRT and get off at the Daan Park MRT Station. There is also a large parking under the park. Source: 臺灣民間文學website Already in 1932 there were plans for building a park in that area. After the Nationalist Army came to Taiwan in 1949, the area became a place of residence for soldiers and their families. Some time later also a dormitory for foreign students was build there. In the beginning of 1990th the city started making serious plans of moving the residents of that prime location and setting uo a large park just like the London's Hyde Park and New York City's Central Park. The idea was for the park to become "the lungs of the city". The park was opened in the spring of 1994. Daan Forest...
A blog about multilingual and multicultural family homeschooling their two children in Taiwan, Poland and Japan. (Third "child" grew up, and after starting her own company decided to go to school in NYC.) Blog wielojęzycznej i wielokulturowej rodziny uczącej dwójkę dzieci w domu na Tajwanie, w Polsce i w Japonii. (Trzecie dziecię dorosło i po założeniu firmy w Japonii wyjechało na studia do Nowego Jorku.)