Dragon Boat Festival Dragon Boat Festival is a 4-day weekend in Taiwan, but as with most 1-day holidays falling during the work week, an extra vacation day or two is added to connect it to the weekend, and then the entire country works on a Saturday to make up the connecting work days missed. That’s … Continue reading →

Strawberry Picking A big group of us, about 13, met at Neihu MRT on a quest for Strawberries. I was actually supposed to go to this same Strawberry farm about a month earlier with another friend, but the trip got rained out. I was grateful to have a second opportunity to pick fresh strawberries, my favorite food. … Continue reading →