Taipei is the lucky host of a private collection of Dali's artwork. My co-worker, Eva, met me after class and off we went. Eva also studied Spanish in college.
The Concert Hall, next to the Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall where the exhibition was held.
Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall, upstairs is a memorial to this guy who like most political leaders seemed both good and bad. He was leader of mainland China until the Nationalists party lost the civil war against the Communist party. As leader of the Nationalist he was forced to flee with his party to the tiny, beautiful Taiwan where he began to rule with the intention of "re-taking" China again someday.
As far as I can tell he seems to be the founder of modern Taiwan. Oddly enough, blocks away from his Memorial is another memorial remembering "white terror" and "228" incident where 10,000-30,000 civilians were killed in an anti-government uprising. The government led under this guy. 
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| Inside the Memorial, there he sits. |
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| A soldier is always on guard here and cannot move. So difficult in this heat! |
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| Sign reads, "Please be serious." Done. |
After the guard change, we ventured downstairs where the Dali exhibit was. This statue welcomed us at the entrance. We saw many surrealist bronze sculptures that I was not allowed to take pictures of. Sadly, sculptures are a form completely understood only in person, the intended 3-D form. These photos are a poor representation of the exhibit but they are better than nothing. 
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