Tag 7 – Formosa900 2015

(Please scroll down for English summary) Und weiter geht’s: Heute sind wir von Chiayi nach Taichung geradelt. Auf diese Etappe habe ich mich sehr gefreut, denn ich habe 2012/13 ein tolles Auslandssemester in Taichung verbracht. Heute war bei mir aber irgendwie die Luft raus. Gestern war so anstrengend, ich hatte heute keine Lust mitten in…

First day in Taiwan

I am writing this from my room in Forté Orange Taichung Park International Youth Hostel. Here I got a single room for 1200 NTD for my first night in Taichung, Taiwan. It’s both hostel and hotel as far as I understand. The hotel/hostel is located right in the center of Taichung, in easy reach from…

A tour of Feng Chia University – It’s video time!

Hello everyone, It’s video time!! 😀 Magalie and me had a day off university yesterday. We decided to get a break from sitting in front of our laptops and to go out in the sun instead 🙂 We went to Feng Chia University to take pictures and to create a video for you: A tour…

Taichung at night – clubbing

Of course nightlife in Taichung is not only about food. In order to burn some calories, dancing is very important 😉 In the beginning of my stay here, I joined two parties which ended in nightclubs. Both parties started at the flat of three french exchange students. Their flat is way different from the dormitory…

Taichung at daytime

City center of Taichung Together with Martin and Julian I decided on a free day to take the bus to the center of Taichung for a first look around. This is not easy to achieve without any knowledge in Chinese: all the bus information is only in Chinese language. The best way to plan a…

Arrival in Taiwan

Yesterday I arrived in Taiwan. The trip was ok, but I couldn’t sleep on the plane. So I was rather exhausted when I arrived at the airport in Taipei. But there my trip wasn’t over: I had to take a bus to Taichung. At the airport I first bought a local sim card for my…

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…