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Taichung Slideshow
Taichung
Travel Blogs from Taichung, Taiwan
Grilling Out with Chiayi
Recently, one of the Chinese teachers, Chiayi, invited all of the staff to her house for a good ole fashioned Taiwanese barbeque. I must say that I absolutely love grilling out! Hamburgers, hot dogs, potato salad, a cold beverage of choice, ...
Tropical Storm Survival
... and video tape the sounds that Kalmegi was bringing to our 19th floor apartment. It's an anti-climactic video, but check it out if you would like. Again, thanks for all of the thoughts and prayers, but things are back to normal here in ...
First Days
... took about an hour drive to the city of Taichung, which is where we will be living for the next year. The drive to Taichung was very interesting and allowed us to see a lot of the countryside. The hot and humid weather, combined with millions of ...
Thailand!
... union back home in Racine. There was concern about a large purchase being made on my credit card from a city in Taiwan regarding a plane ticket to Thailand. So, I had to call the credit card company and get things organized and ...
Storytelling
... is basically what an elementary school teacher does on a daily basis. You are invited to be a guest reader at the Taichung Community Center (where I was assigned), Caves Bookstore, or the American Institute in Taichung where you must read a story to ...
The Fourth of July
... , and an excellent Fourth of July celebration. I have one small side note about the pool party that we attended. Here in Taiwan, they are scared of two things when it comes to swimming in a pool... 1) Hair. Everyone, boys and girls, must ...
April Showers... wait... April's Shower
... only for females?" April explained that it was nothing like an American bridal shower. She explained that, in Taiwan, when someone gets married they essentially have two wedding receptions: an "engagement shower" and a wedding ...
Museums and Bikes
... graders into two vans and went across town to a bike shop, where all of them were provided with a bike for the afternoon and the Taichung Bike Trail that would take us through the city. Due to the fact that many of these kids live in the city, it is ...
Parent/Teacher Meet and Greet
We held the Cornel School "Parent/Teacher Meet and Greet" this evening in our third floor commons area. This event is very similar to an open house. However, instead of going into the classrooms, all teachers and parents meet in our big third ...
Earthquake!(?)
... The message was accompanied with an official announcement from the National Earthquake Information Center/US Geological Survey showing that, indeed, Taiwan was hit with a strong earthquake. This was rather ironic news due to the recent trip to the ...
Field Day!
... up all of the youngsters, lathered them up with sunscreen, and walked about five blocks down the street to the Taichung Univeristy. Field Day consisted of many glorious competitive events that included the three-legged race, the tug-of-war, ...
Safe and Sound
... e-mailed with concerns about my safety, but rest assured, there is nothing to be worried about. The city of Taichung is not on the coast of Taiwan and has very, very low risk of being affected by any tsunami that could happen. Additionally, the ...
Taichung
... in Taiwan you can go from the north to the south easily in a day so 2-3 three hour journeys between places was a nice change. Taichung was a big city and from what I had read did not have much to offer for the tourist. Thankfully with Mark and Viviane ...
First Multi Sports 2001
First Multi Sports 2001 I had a fantastic weekend down in Taichung. I managed to get a few people together to compete in this multi sports day that was taking place on Sunday. The five of us consisted of two Canadians (Cory & Kevin), an American ...
Victorious Multi Sports 2002
... the sweet smell of success over the weekend. Yes, after 4 previous attempts the Hsinchu Whores at last managed to win the Taichung Multi Sports!! The margin of victory couldn't have been tighter (0.3 points, don't ask me to explain the scoring system). ...
Christmas Multi Sports
... with even Sammy uttering only a few words for the two journey (some kind of record surely!!). Thanks to everyone down in Taichung (Paul, Kylie, etc) for making it such a great event. Finally, thanks to Will for providing one last weekend of drunken ...
Both the sun and the moon love this place
... same area that we started and finished seeing the touristy shopping area near the bus station. We caught the bus back to Taichung and arrived just before 2000. You all know what that means right? Night market time! The vendors change some throughout the ...
Shopping and snacking with friends
... . It's truly a fun experience. Afterward, we arrived at Yi Zhong street market, an area that services the youth of Taichung (it is near a large university). We walked towards the busier section and we found an interesting van with a couple of people ...
Fate and our two new friends in Taichung
... up staying awake until almost 0600. At 1000, we are up and out by of the room by 1100. Today, we are heading to Taichung, Taiwan. We headed to the train station and bought our tickets for the ride. After talking with Vanessa, the owner of the hostel, we ...
Waterfalls are the coolest
We went to the most beautiful waterfall today. Kelli took her friend's car and loaded it up with 6 of us. We drove for about 40 mins. outside of the city. I got pretty car sick, but we stopped at some pretty cool caves that I would ...
September Already?!?!
... right?!?! :) I have also been meaning to write about how a group of teachers, myself included have signed up for a 5k race in Taichung in October. Now before you get too impressed I will be walking it with another teacher! haha We just have to finish in ...
Random Picture Time
... up in our apartment! Wednesday is Moon Festival which seems to be very similar to our Labor Day, not a lot going on except a day off work and BBQ's. Since we don't have a grill we are going on an Outdoor Adventure Tour of Taichung-should be ...
A Little Bit of Awesomeness
So I am officially at my three month mark living in Taiwan. I was always warned around the three month mark people can sometimes start to feel homesick. I am not homesick, but I have found myself a little more down these past two weeks. This could be for ...
My Address
I have had some requests for my address in Taiwan. You can send mail to me at the school address: 35 Nan Men Rd. Taichung, Taiwan ...
Week 2
It has been a while since I have last updated, and of course, a lot has gone on. I finished my first week of teaching with very few missteps. After my first bungle, I was able to recover quickly and have been doing well with helping the ...
Taiwan....Round 2!
... (TV screens, big music selection and of course microphones!) We made a couple small stops on our way to visit a harbor North of Taichung. We stopped at a rice noodle factory where we got to try some noodles. We made it to the harbor where we had a great ...
Perogie Party
... easy enough but putting them together was the real challenge....not sure if this was a product of the rice vinegar or the other Taiwan ingredients (flour, etc), or the humidity in the air but the the dough was very springy and a total pain. Also, we did ...
Tigers Take Home Silver and Bronze!
... as team tournament All Stars! After the tournament wrapped up, we had a nice afternoon exploring Sun Moon Lake just outside of Taichung and are now back at the hotel ready for one last trip back to Macau tomorrow morning. Make sure to ...
The Teaching Begins...
... before bed. It was a scary night but everyone is doing ok and I have some great pictures from a weird restaurant! I have no plans yet for the weekend. I might stick around in Taichung and do some exploring on my scooter! Until then...miss ya and love ...