After visiting the Zoo we stopped at Taipei Main Station for lunch before heading to Jiufen Old Street and Pingxi Lantern City. We ate steamed dumplings, a variety of pork/honey/sweet dumplings that were absolutely amazing (we ended coming back for more)! Of course i couldn’t go to Taiwan and not drink Milk Tea, we found a little tea/juice store called Chatime, i had the boba and husband tried a lemon juice. (We loved his juice so much that everytime we found ourselves at Taipei Main Station we ended up having some). We took our lunch outside since it was a gorgeous day!
^^ i believe the area i wanted to see, the one you can see in pictures online is somewhere over there ^^
After stuffing ourselves we took the train to Ruifang Station and then the bus to Jiufen Old Street. I had seen pictures online and after reading this area inspired the fantasy city of Spirited Away, one of my favorite Hayao Miyasaki movies, I knew it was a must see! We walked around for a while, but didn’t make it to the area you see in pictures online 
since we wanted to do another stop before the end of the day we decided to just head back.
^^ i’m obsessed with chinese temples, they are something else! ^^
^^ a delicious peanut/ice cream concoction ^^
^^ YUM! i promise this was the last sweet we ate that day! but not the last of the street food ^^
^^ pre-boiled egg, cracked, then boiled again in tea ^^
^^ i believe the area i wanted to see, the one you can see in pictures online is somewhere over there ^^
^^ the view at the end of the road was gorgeous! Taiwan you smitten me. ^^