by Pauline Hammer | Jun 18, 2018 | Expat life, Finding Food Fearlessly, Finding our way
Many foreigners find 7-11 & Family Mart to be a life saver when they are first beginning to navigate food in Taiwan. But of course even that can be a challenge if you’re vegetarian and can’t read Chinese ingredients list! Once you know which things are...
by Pauline Hammer | Jun 2, 2018 | Expat life, Finding Food Fearlessly, Life in Taipei
One thing Taipei doesn’t lack is coffee shops! But of course only a few of them end up on bloggers best of the city lists. Still, what if you don’t want the best coffee? What if you just want a place that’s conveniently located and good for studying...
by Pauline Hammer | May 17, 2018 | Butterflies, Expat life, Life in Taipei, Taipei Day Trips
Being in Taiwan for a second year has opened up a lot of opportunities to engage with the people and culture here at a deeper level. Whether it’s going to concerts and performing arts events in the area or joining an all Chinese-speaking Taiwan tour down...
by Pauline Hammer | May 8, 2018 | Expat life, Taipei Day Trips, Taiwan Destinations
We’ve already been in Taiwan over a year! In fact, we’re already well into our 2nd year! And even though we’ve packed in a lot of travel there are still SO many places yet to see. Honestly, that will probably always be the case. There will always be...
by Joshua | May 5, 2018 | Expat life, Finding our way, Taiwan Destinations
So this was our first experience of using a tour group to try travel like a local in Taiwan. First a disclaimer. We do not speak enough Chinese to travel in a Taiwanese tour group on our own. Now that we have a feel for what the experience is like, maybe after another...
by Pauline Hammer | Apr 8, 2018 | Expat life, Learning Chinese
I have cousins who lived in Taiwan just ten years ago and I often think about how different their experience was from mine. Back when there wasn’t google maps. Before cell phones could double as an English-Mandarin dictionary, vegetarian restaurant suggester and...
