A word on the streets, or traffic in Taiwan

A word on the streets, or traffic in Taiwan

So maybe you’ve already heard a bit about traffic in Taiwan. Certainly, there is a lot out there about how intense driving in Taipei is.  Before we moved to Taiwan, we found a lot of places on the internet that warned about the driving experience here. We...
Just tootling around Taipei

Just tootling around Taipei

It’s the little things that end up saying a lot about someones character.  We are still getting a sense of the city, but our first impressions are that we love it.  One of the best things about walking around Taipei is there is no end to little quirks to enjoy. ...
Making it without Mandarin.

Making it without Mandarin.

So I don’t think that we really appreciated the way that not speaking or reading the language would affect us on a day to day basis.  Really, for the most part, getting around Taipei is really easy with just English.  Most transit signs have romanized words, and...
So real you can’t believe it

So real you can’t believe it

There is that moment, when you look around and realize that all the things that you have been thinking about are happening right now.  It is that moment when you wake up a little bit, and actively soak in everything going on around you.  This was my moment, when I...
To every start there is a beginning.

To every start there is a beginning.

It may not always seem like it, but we do live in very fortunate times. Once upon a time, travel to other parts of the world involved taking your life into your own hands and hoping for the best. Really, international travel was mainly in the realm of the extremely...