We celebrated our 4th Valentines Day together this year, and it was probably the most memorable one yet! Despite being across the world, we both worked all day (Sara got a substitute English Teaching gig, judging students on their pronunciation, intonation, and gesturing while giving speeches in English, and I had three flyer designs to …
Chinese New Year, of course, is a HUGE deal over here. Markets, parades, temples, and all sorts of exciting celebrations happen over about a weeks time. On CNYE, we were sitting in Brads apartment watching Mrs Doubtfire. When all of a sudden, we started hearing fireworks all over the city, which were so close they …
Yummy yummy yummy yummy FOOOOOD, glorious FooOoOooOOD!!! I have eaten so many things in the past three weeks that I have never heard of or seen before in my life. We’ve been saving up pictures to post and the time has come. On more than one occasion though, hunger got the better of us and …
A short walk from Brad’s apartment is the Huiji Temple, dedicated to the Sage King Chen Yuanguang. Made mostly of cement, the temple has been rebuilt five times, most recently in 1968. There are still a few stone sculptures from older generations of its history. Its upper floor is dedicated to Wen Chang, the god …
WE JOINED A GYM! Right on the banks of the Shuangxi River. It has lots of incredible equipment, hula hoops, grass space for yoga, and its FREE. I met lots of ‘friends,’ but they didn’t seem to want to talk to me. All over the age of fifty, one woman in particular had lots of sweet …
This beautiful Sunday was spent walking through Yangmingshan Park and the surrounding Calla Lily flower gardens, followed by the most delicious dinner we have had in Taiwan thus far. After a few hours of adventuring, we sat down at a place called 故鄉 (Gù Xiāng) , which translates to “Home Town”. The meal began with some bottomless …