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Providence University Taichung

Good Morning Germany! Tonight maybe for the first time since I am in Taiwan I slept more than 8 hours 😉 I really needed this sleep. Yesterday we went back from Taichung to Keelung. After checking out of the Hotel in Taichung we went for a nice lunch at a seafood restaurant in Taichung: Then…

Sun Moon Lake and Taichung

Yesterday morning we visited some other places around Sun Moon Lake. Vivian and I took a boat across the lake to Shuishe while her parents took the car. There we took some pictures and had lunch. After lunch we took another boat, passing by Lalu Island, and went to Syanguang. There we had a look…

Formosan Aboriginal Culture Village and the “1000 year egg”

Today Vivian and I went to Formosan Aboriginal Culture Village. This is a mixture between an amusement park and a showcase of aboriginal culture. Taiwan has 13 different tribes of aborigines. In the park one could see houses of aborigines which very transferred to the park from their original site. Performers in the park illustrate…

Puli and Sun Moon Lake

I feel like going on holiday in my holiday: Today I arrived with my host family at Sun Moon Lake. This is a beautiful lake with green water in the center of Taiwan. My host family comes here nearly every year for a short trip. On our way here we stopped at Puli where my…

Fish market ,Gold Ecological Park and Jiofen

As you might have noticed, I have not told you about the day before yesterday yet. At that day I had very little time so I just uploaded some pictures of the ghost festival. Now I found some time to work on my blog while going by car to Sun-Moon-Lake. Now I am in the…

A day at ChungHwa Telecom

Right now I am sitting next to Vivian in the living room of my host family. She is on facebook with her mobile phone and we just put our pictures of today on my netbook. We took sooooo many pictures today! Especially group pictures with other participants we met today. But let me start at…

Ghost festival

Now I am sitting in the living room with my host family. Today I had a very nice day: yummy food and very nice sightseeing in Jiufen. Tomorrow I have to get up very early to visit the Company that my host father works at, so I don’t have much time to update my blog….

Seafood and Dharma Drum Mountain

Right now it is midnight in Taiwan – the end of my second day here. After a good night of sleep, I had enough energy for this very exciting day. First we went for lunch in a seafood restaurant located at Keelung harbor. I drank “plum juice” and tasted very fresh seafood. At this occasion…

Finally in Taiwan! :-)

After a long and exhausting journey I arrived in Taiwan this afternoon. I was greeted by my host family and Say Taiwan staff at the airport. Everyone was very happy and friendly 🙂 After a short stay at my host families home we went out for a really nice dinner. Even though my stomach still…

It’s getting exciting!

Some time has passed since my last post here. By now I finished my exams at university for this semester – Time to get excited about Taiwan!! During the exam period my brain was way too busy studying to think much about Taiwan, it seemed still very distant. Now I realize that in 13 days…