Multilingual Snail Alley in Tainan

"Snail Alley" is only a semi-official name, but lots of inhabitants there have taken up the theme with some snail decorations.

Mark Swofford at the entrance to the alley:

Restaurant:

Henri Matisse, L'Escargot:

Svelte snail:

Now you know why the snail is my logo and totem.

Selected readings

• "Rainbow snail" (10/16/14) — native to eastern Taiwan
• Learning to talk to a snail or an alien from another world
• "The virtues of sluggishness" (1/14/26)
• "Irasshaimase?" (4/19/21)
• "Irasshaimase?, part 2" (11/10/21)
• "'Welcome in!'" (9/9/24)
• "'Welcome in!' again" (1/1/26)