Tainan Walking Tour: Retracing Taiwan’s Oldest Streets
Our first visit to Tainan was almost exactly a year ago. We didn’t plan to make exploring the historic streets of Tainan an annual event, but Andrea Bocelli happened to be performing there this past weekend. And because my husband is ahhh-mazing, he surprised me with...
Sunday Snapshot | Just Cruising Along | Lombok Beach, Indonesia
Our trip to Indonesia was over 2 months ago, but I still can't get over how beautiful it was! Just another white sand beach as we were driving along the mountainous coast of Lombok, Indonesia. If you're looking for somewhere with a better beach-to-tourist ratio than...
Get it Straight: Fact and Fiction of Taiwan
We’ve been living in Taiwan for nearly two years now. And in that time, we’ve started to notice some trends in terms of what people assume Taiwan is like. Sometimes people are spot on. Other times, they’re just a little bit off the map. Literally. So we’ve decided to...
Sunday Snapshot | I Wear My Sunglasses At Night | Ecuador
It has been all Indonesia and Taiwan here for awhile, so we thought we would mix it up a bit with this Ecuador flashback. Casey saw this ridiculously cute dog while exploring Guayaquil one night, and just couldn't help but take a picture. And yes, it's a real-live...
Wandering the Nostalgic Streets of Jiufen
There are lots of beautiful places in Taiwan. But more often than not, if a tour bus can access it, there will be oodles of people there. It’s inevitable. And although it still drives me crazy when I’m being elbowed incessantly while trying to get my Lantern Festival...
13 Amazing Things You Can Do at a 7-Eleven
Before we came to Taiwan, I couldn’t even remember the last time I had seen a 7-Eleven. Even if I had grown up with a 7-Eleven around the corner, I don’t think I would have thought twice about it. Unless I happened to be craving a Slurpee. But now, I have about...