For an authentic experience, you should go sit in the sauna while you read this post, or just find someplace where your clothes will get damp and cling to you. It has to be 80 degrees Farenheit to count. Forget to take your water bottle, too. I’m not complaining, though; just setting the stage. I […]
Country Roads, etc.
Our friends, Peter and Esther, had us over for a truly Taiwanese family dinner a couple of weeks ago. A feast of foods, mostly unfamiliar to us, was served. By the time I tried half of them, I was full. There was tofu served 3-4 different ways, shredded pork stew with a soy sauce flavored […]
Official Residence Gardens
I can’t decide whether I should have known about this place sooner. Would it have brought comfort or made me long for my garden? It was definitely a wonderful place to visit last Thursday. It is the now-open-to-the-public Official Residence Gardens. Originally, the vast acreage was the main home of the Chinese leader who fled […]
Saying Good-bye
Seven months is apparently long enough to grow fond of a place. Don’t get me wrong. I want to come home. I have greatly desired to be home in Idaho a number of times. But I discover, with some surprise, that I have a rather long list of what I will miss about Taiwan. First […]
No Extra Charge
Today I rode in a taxi that I have hired two other times. This driver uses Costco as a base. All of the Costco taxis line up to wait their turn for store patrons. I don’t know how many people use taxis there, but there is usually quite a long line waiting. I know there […]