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…

Travelling Taiwan – Part 2: Taroko National Park

Taroko National Park (For an English summary please scroll to the bottom) Wie ich in meinem letzten Eintrag berichtet habe, ist mein Semester in Taiwan schon seit Februar zu Ende. Dafür stehe ich schon in den Startlöchern für die nächste Reise nach Taiwan im Oktober. Bis dahin will ich in meiner Berichterstattung zu meinem Semester…

New year at Taipei 101

Happy new year 2013!   Frohes neues Jahr!   I will soon continue my story of travelling in Taiwan with my boyfriend. First however, I have to tell you about New Year’s Eve in Taiwan: Magalie, Clint, Martin, Julian and me decided to get the “real” Taiwan New Year’s Eve experience: Watching fireworks at Taipei…

Short trip to Hong Kong

Just one week after our trip to Kaohsiung, it was time for the next trip: a short trip to Hong Kong. As this blog is supposed to be about Taiwan, I will not add too much details about that trip. Magalie and Leila really wanted to visit Hong Kong and Macau. After some consideration I…

What now?

What will happen now? First I planned this to be my finale article to the blog. I still want to mention a few things and conclude my blog. But maybe this won’t be the end of my blog after all: This week I handed in my application for an semester abroad in Taiwan! If I…