Day 36: Our First ‘Home Cooked Meal’
There's a first time for everything. And finally, after over two months of living in Taiwan, we had our first official 'Home Cooked Meal.' To be honest, it's our first meal we've cooked together in our own home ever. After eating rice and noodles at restaurants for so...
Day 35: Hsinchu: The Windy City
Moooove over Chicago. Hsinchu is the new Windy City.
Manila Horse Carriage Haggling: What Would You Have Done?
You know you’re in tourist country—or at least somewhere trying to be—when there are horse carriages on every block ready to sweep you away on a romantic frolic around town. Manila, Philippines is no exception, and I would estimate that the horse carriage to tourist...
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 weeks soooo good thing we...
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 surprise, has...
Day 32: ‘Hiking’ 18 Peaks Mountain
Today we spent the morning 'hiking' around 18 Peaks Mountain. As you can see, a lot of the hiking here in Taiwan is really stair climbing. 18 Peaks Mountain is more of a park with paved walkways than a mountain (as the name would suggest), but it is actually pretty...