Cambridge Hotel Kang Le Branch Tainan

This entry is written in retrospect 5 days later when I had gone back to Taipei. Just a word of warning, if you thought my entry in Taipei about temples is boring, then it's probably better to just skip the latter half of this entry.<br><br>I woke up all nice and refreshed. God the bed was good. We were a bit late for breakfast, and so we couldn't get in on the main floor. Luckily, they opened another dining area on the banquet floor for breakfast so we ate there ...

... instead. Luckily there was a nice breeze as there was nowhere to hide from the sun at all on the walk there. I think I must have lost at least a kilo in sweat on that walk (which really wasn't that long). When we got there, there was a restaurant mentioned in the lonely planet called "Five Dime" where the building is created by an artist using scrap wood and spare tyres and whatever he coud find. More on that later. We went in the castle, which ...

... here where the food is placed in the middle and you can spin the table around when you see something you want to eat. The birthday cake was so delicious that I wish I could have shared it with you all, but I am sure you will all find comfort in the fact that I enjoyed on your behalf,lol. Also as many of you know in addition to my research I also teach in the Foreign Language department, its called English Corner. I have also included a couple of pictures of me and my ...

... inside a bun. As you past the temple at Guanshan there is a rock formation that looks just like a turtle. Apparently people place notes on the nose, etc of the turtle and make wishes of love to come true. I was amazed how much it really looked like a turtle down to the greenery growing on the top of the "shell". It was later in the evening and this had been a very tiring day so I was glad that we were now off to dinner, at a seafood restaurant. We met up with Renee's dad ...

Lets see what have I been up to. Well since my last blog I got a massage at a spa pretty close to where I live. I was really good. I had to tell the lady to ease up on the pressure as she has the strongest hands I have ever felt. However when she lowered the pressure it by far was the best massage I have ever had. I am going back next week to treat myself for my birthday! What was interesting here is that you have to take a shower before and after ...

... Wu for dinner. Melinda and I had requested that we get pizza for dinner, because we weren't sure we could handle another banquet sized meal. Success! Dr Wu and his assistants would pick us up at the hotel tonight at 6:30p and we'd go for pizza buffet at Pizza Hut. Melinda and I returned to the hotel, filled out some papers to ship some boxes back to the US via FedEx, and went to our rooms. I took a much needed nap and awoke feeling better. David, Patrick and ...

... benutzen. Doch es macht die echten Taiwanesen ab** imm** froh, ihre Landessprache zu benutzen, die wirklich sehr viel Gefuehl und Charakt** hat und diese Eigenheit dem Land wirklich einen ganz besond**en Touch v**leiht. Doraemon und Co. Aus Japan ist die Manga und Cartoon Kultur hinueb**geweht und **freut sich hi** hoechst** Beliebtheit. Vor allem "hello kitty, doraemon und d** gleichen" sowie das am**ikanische "sponge bob", also auf alles suesse ...

... the their computers. We were shown to the "Guest Office" which had been conveniently set up with 4 desks and chairs and a computer with internet access. Ted settled in to put finishing touches on his final presentation, while Melinda, Shuying, and I chatted. Two hours later Ted was still working on his computer and I was starting to nod off. Shuying, Melinda, and I wandered off to find the Ladies room and discovered what appeared on the surface to be a western ...

... Projekt kommt nicht selten jemand am Nachmittag an, d** fu** die ganze Mannschaft fritti**te Kuechlein, Dumplings, od** Aehnliches dabei hat. Was ist denn ueb**haupt taiwanesisches Essen? Im wesentlichen ist es chinesisch, was dann ab** doch einen taiwanesischen Touch hat...und es gibt auf jeden Fall eine ganze Reihe Standartg**ichte, die man fast ueb**all bekommt, ganauso ab** auch fast unzaehlige Spezialitaeten, also nicht so ganz klar, ab** ich probi**s mal zu ...

... kommen und gehen kann wann ich will und mein eigener Herr bin. Abends bin ich aber bei der Familie im Wohnzimmer, wir koennen quatschen oder mit den Kids japanische Zeichentrickserien angucken. Es sind echt alle total lieb und nachdem mein Chinesisch mitlerweile ja auch ganz gut ist, ist alles ziemlich unkompliziert und easy. Bisher fuehle ich mich also sehr wohl und ich bin mal gespannt, was wir so zusammen machen werden.