Archive for the ‘ tourist ’ Category

Tipping

Fun Fact: You don’t ever have to tip here in Taiwan. Sometimes there’s a 10% service charge added to restaurant bills, but that’s only when you go to a nice, sit-down place to eat. The rest of the time, there’s no tipping necessary for anything: taxis, salon services, eating out, etc. I think hotel services [ READ MORE ]

Shrimping

The new adventure for today was indoor shrimp fishing, or rather, just shrimping. I remember going when I was much younger on vacation in Taiwan, and I’ve wanted to go since I’ve been back in 2008. We drove to a road down by the National Palace Museum full of indoor shrimp farms where you can get [ READ MORE ]

Go-Karts

My horrendous middle schoolers have suddenly turned into angels overnight. Something must be in the air. Ok, maybe not angels, but the worst behaving kid has now turned into the one of the top students in the class. Everyone else has also fallen in line. Something is definitely in the air. Or maybe it’s just [ READ MORE ]

Ice Skating

As you can see, I went ice skating today at the Taipei Ice Arena with the boy and some friends. And as you can see, we had a great time even though we had to wear silly helmets and gloves because they are required unless you sign a waiver. But the whole process of getting in [ READ MORE ]

The Kevin and Zhou Were Here

The illustrious Kevin and Zhou, who are on a ten-month trip around the world (read their blog HERE), came to Taipei to see me for a week. They got here on Tuesday, and we just dropped them off at the airport a few hours ago. Luckily for me, my usual 7-9pm classes were canceled for [ READ MORE ]