Dear friends,

Since coming to Kaohsiung, I have been very impressed with the MRT system. Just a note--the Taiwanese do not say "metro," they say "MRT." If you say "metro," they'll look at you funny =D. In America, we either say "metro" (like in Washington, D.C.) or the "subway" (like in New York City).

The red line on the MRT system (running north and south) opened last year and the orange line (running east and west) just opened last Sunday. The MRT is so clean and there's really cute music that plays whenever the train arrives. There's also television sets in mostof the waiting areas for the red line trains.

There's one station, Formosa Boulevard MRT Station, that is the transfer station from the orange line to the red line. It is absolutely gorgeous because there is a "Dome of Light." That's what they call it. It's literally a huge structure that has glass art all across the top. It's supposedly the largest glass art structure in the world! Check it out.

Also, the announcements on the MRT are in Taiwanese, Mandarin, Hakka, and English. Quite impressive.

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