Day 34: Everything I Touch Dies

Rough life… our orchid from the Hsinchu Flower Market died. Maybe it’ll come back next season? For now it’s still the only decor we have in our apartment so it is going to stay where it’s at. Also, we haven’t watered it in about three...

Day 33: White Fluffy Puppy

Taiwanese love their little, white, fluffy puppies. So much so that they dye their tails purple and bring them inside restaurants. Pretty cute, isn’t he? On a side note, this was taken at Sandwich and Coffee, a pretty good Taiwanese chain that, surprise...

Day 28: The Hsinchu Crew

We actually do have friends here :-) Although slight disclaimer, it’s not our American flag. Bottom (left to right) Paul, Justin, Eric, Marne, …, Bernard. Top(left to right) Irene, Casey, Bryanna, Liam, Dan, and Coral  

Day 27: Taiwan National Dish

  Beef Noodles–our trustworthy fallback for lunch. We can’t even count the number of times we have walked into a restaurant where we were unable to communicate, so the wait staff just assumed we wanted to eat beef noodles. After all, we’re...