by Dan Moore | Sep 8, 2011 | 365 Photo Project, Taiwan, Travel
The view out of the window on my way to Taichung. I would like to say I got to explore more of Taiwan but I was really only out of Hsinchu for a two-hour training.
by Casey Siemasko | Aug 31, 2011 | Hsinchu, Taiwan, Travel
Sunday we had blistering winds and gloomy weather that made traveling on the scooter a little less than desirable for us newbies. Monday we had the day off of work for a typhoon day, but the typhoon ended up bypassing us all together. I don’t even think we had...
by Casey Siemasko | Aug 17, 2011 | Taiwan, Travel
After nearly three months of being married, we can finally say that we aren’t living out of a suitcase! We’ve officially settled ourselves in Hsinchu and this week commences the beginning of our year as ‘laoshi’, or teacher. We’re only teaching English for four hours...
by Casey Siemasko | Jul 30, 2011 | Travel
7 Links of the Year is a sort of blogging project currently being circulated around the travel blogosphere. Started by TripBase, the goal is to “unite bloggers in a joint endeavor to share lessons learned and create a bank of long but not forgotten blog posts...
by Casey Siemasko | Jul 20, 2011 | Travel, USA
If you read any of our posts about San Diego, Napa Valley, or Portland and Seattle, it was probably pretty obvious that we were having a splendid time exploring the West Coast. But there is one thing all those great places lack, and that’s family :-) Our last few...
by Casey Siemasko | Jul 16, 2011 | Accommodation, Travel, USA
It started off as a town built out of entirely too much wood. Then fire swept through, causing destruction of epic proportions and the deaths of hundreds. But the result was an immediate rebuilding that transformed the place into one of America’s most important...