Archive for the ‘ tourist ’ Category

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 [ 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 ]

Biking

  • October 25th, 2009
  • Posted in tourist

Today was a great weather day, which we haven’t had for awhile since it is typhoon season and all. We took advantage of the breezy, partly cloudy day and went bike riding along the Keelung River by the Dazhi Bridge. You can rent bikes at these rental shops scattered all along the trail for $60NT [ READ MORE ]

Hualien 花蓮

We flew out to Hualien on Friday at 12:30pm. We were going to take a train, but everything was booked, and driving was out of the question since the road there is mountainous and cliffside and a little bit dangerous especially after recent landslides. So we flew, and it only took 40 minutes. We got [ READ MORE ]