sooooo, i have a bunch of stories that i need to write in my journal, and a little bit here.
first of all, my mom came to visit me in taipei this past week.....6 weeks after being in taipei.....oh, mother.
a family friend of ours, Gloria, who is from Taichung, Taiwan, came with my mom. she was our tour guide for the weekend that i spent with them. and then for the rest of the week they were on a real tour and they visited many beautiful scenic locations in taiwan.
my mom really enjoyed the country, it was a beautiful balance of city life and scenic coastlines. my mom and i love the city and the ocean.
TAIWAN IS SUCH AN UNDERRATED COUNTRY!! it's so sad b/c it's so rich with culture, food, kind people that like actually like Americans (unlike the rest of the world), a great city life, and one of a kind scenic spots. i don't know why the previous sentences are blue and underlined...stupid blog thingy....
her first night in taipei, we ate at this cute little restaurant and had
delicious Taiwanese food. my friend Tu joined us.
This is Tu, she is from Vietnam, she is my architecture classmate, she's getting her masters....her Chinese is super good, if it wasn't, we would not of had food on our plates that night!
This is Tu, she is from Vietnam, she is my architecture classmate, she's getting her masters....her Chinese is super good, if it wasn't, we would not of had food on our plates that night!
Tea Tasting in Danshui
Danshui Bridge
Danshui night market area
a national park, we saw a waterfall...it was raining, we hiked on slippery rocks, i was wearing sandals..thank goodness i didn't break my neck.
at the Sun Yat Sen Memorial, view of Taipei 101... this site is across the street from the site of my baseball stadium for studio.
Queens Head, Northern coast of Taiwan. sooooo beautiful! it was my first time there, too!
it was super windy...So- during the weekend i went to Taichung with Oliver (our host that is from there), Tu, Josh (from cal poly), and Wendy (she's taiwanese). We stayed at Oliver's house and his relatives house. it was such an amazingly fun weekend! Oliver's parents took us all over central taiwan, including Sun Moon Lake. it's this massive lake that is in between mountains....so beautiful!!!!
we arrived there friday night and left sunday night.
so, sunday we were on our own, we went bike riding on the streets and through the adjacent country side where there's lots of vegetation..whenever a bunch of us go biking, i feel like we are in that scene in the sound of music where all of them are biking and they break out in song! usually end up singing that one song while i'm biking...haha...........I LOVE BIKING IN TAIWAN!!!!! it's beyond awesome..especially in the streets...haha..good times.
since we were there for 1 weekend, we packed everything in our backpacks, so we had to lug all of our crap with us on the bikes....but i'm use to this, we did the same thing in Kaoshiung, when we were there for a weekend and one of our friends from there (south-easter taiwan) was our host.
Wendy, Oliver, Tu
This is how i feel when we all bike!!!!!! :-D
at Oliver's house, we were eating breakfast..so good! we got food from this corner food place
Lena (oliver's older sister), Tu, Jessica (younger sis'), Oliver
Tu, me, Josh, Oliver (our host)
me, Wendy, Tu and Jessica (Oliver's younger sister)..crammed in the car for the whole day while oliver's parents take us everywhere!! they were so kind and generous with their time. :-)
the chubbiest child ever at Sun Moon Lake
cheesy ads for ppl running for office in Taichung.....sooooooooo corny!
josh being eaten by a lion at a temple
the way people will live, if pollution and global warming does not subside.....hahaha..awesome stroller.
yep..........come on, he had huge nostrils, how could i NOT pick it?
we arrived there friday night and left sunday night.
so, sunday we were on our own, we went bike riding on the streets and through the adjacent country side where there's lots of vegetation..whenever a bunch of us go biking, i feel like we are in that scene in the sound of music where all of them are biking and they break out in song! usually end up singing that one song while i'm biking...haha...........I LOVE BIKING IN TAIWAN!!!!! it's beyond awesome..especially in the streets...haha..good times.
since we were there for 1 weekend, we packed everything in our backpacks, so we had to lug all of our crap with us on the bikes....but i'm use to this, we did the same thing in Kaoshiung, when we were there for a weekend and one of our friends from there (south-easter taiwan) was our host.
Wendy, Oliver, Tu
This is how i feel when we all bike!!!!!! :-D
at Oliver's house, we were eating breakfast..so good! we got food from this corner food placeLena (oliver's older sister), Tu, Jessica (younger sis'), Oliver
Tu, me, Josh, Oliver (our host)
me, Wendy, Tu and Jessica (Oliver's younger sister)..crammed in the car for the whole day while oliver's parents take us everywhere!! they were so kind and generous with their time. :-)
the chubbiest child ever at Sun Moon Lake
cheesy ads for ppl running for office in Taichung.....sooooooooo corny!
josh being eaten by a lion at a temple
the way people will live, if pollution and global warming does not subside.....hahaha..awesome stroller.
yep..........come on, he had huge nostrils, how could i NOT pick it?
awesome sushi place that serves the food on the conveyor belt....so awesome & delicious!!!!
my absolute favorite dish from there!!!!! salmon and raw onions........OMG! i had 3 of these plates....i'm obsessed with them!
sooooooooooooo good! Taiwanese shaved ice with chewy yumminess! we had this after we rode our bikes...so refreshing.FIRE!!!!!!........well, u can't really see it in the pictures....15th floor from my dorm's balcony...
hahaha....josh, ur hilarious....
2 comments:
awww! nicole, it looks like you had an AMAZING time with you mom!! :) looking at all your pictures makes me sooo jealous! i wish i were in taiwan instead of paris... :( i miss all the amazing food and warm-hearted people and the nature... ahh! hope you enjoy the last of it all!!
wow .... soo many things you experienced, sounds awesomely great! Very cool that you did so much traveling and you got to see your mom. The way you describe biking is hilarious, but I totally get it.
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