At 11:30 a.m. on a Monday, Susan, Danny, Adriana, Jack and I all met at the Xindian MRT to take a bus to the Wulai District. The old street in Wulai is a popular place to see the cherry blossoms in Taiwan, especially at the end of February and beginning of March. The Wulai District … Continue reading →

Despite our busy lantern themed day beforehand, we got up at 6:45 a.m. to make it to the train station before 8 a.m. My friend Julia had invited me on a day trip to a farm that produces soy sauce. She always finds the coolest excursions. Trips where you get to do something new and … Continue reading →

Lantern festival has many manifestations in Taiwan: there’s artistic, decorative lanterns on display in Taipei, sky lanterns that get lifted off the ground by a ball of fire in Pingxi, and floating lanterns on Love River in Kaohsiung, just to name a few. This year was the year of the rooster, so everything was rooster … Continue reading →

The Taiwan Open was so, so much fun to watch. I was lucky to catch the end of the tournament because I was in Japan for most of it. I bought tickets for the last two days, the semifinals and the finals. The semifinals were on Saturday featuring two singles matches and two doubles matches … Continue reading →