January Recap

How long we've been here: 88 days or 2 months, 27 days (as of Jan 31)
Where we live: apartment in Tainan

Favourite thing to eat:

Dave: sweet and sour pork

Steph: fruit juice- seriously, I would buy a juicer when I get back to Canada just to make watermelon juice again…

Greatest accomplishment:

Dave: learning how to make Kung-Poa Chicken (Dave met a Chinese Masterchef!!)

Steph: Not dying after my 13h work days… but really, I was offered a promotion at work!

Favourite place you’ve visited:

Dave: National Confucius Temple (Taiwan’s FIRST Confucius Temple, right here in Tainan!)

Steph: Anping- the beach and surrounding area!!

Thing you’re looking forward to most:

Sky Lantern Festival in Pinxgi (Taipei area)

Favourite thing to watch: Discovery Channel Taiwan

Easiest thing to get used to:

Dave:  Driving the scooter and learning the fastest route to the market.

Steph:  Teaching Kindy in the morning

Something you’ve learned:

Dave: How sea salt is made, and how many different types of soy sauce there are!

Steph: Dave got me a watercolour set for my birthday. Turns out I LOOOVE it!!

And some of our faaaaav photos!!

Bowling for Steph's 26th birthday- her coworkers even bought her a cake and sang Happy Birthday in the bowling alley!

Checking out the 'Blueprint'

Sunday stroll through our fav little alley- just down the street from our church!

Cleaning out the pond in Tainan park- Dave took this one!

Checking out Yong Kang Park on a sunny New Year's Day.

Palm trees in Yong Kang.

Are you sure we're not in South America?

Dave found a nice place to chill!

He wasn't even afraid.

The statue in the background is Lin Mo Niang- legend has it she is the human form of the goddess Matsu- who protects the sea workers and offers an image of piousness to the young Taiwanese. This park overlooks the Anping harbour.

Kites in Anping.

Chilling at the Anping beach.

A local fisherman.

We found a bird man in the park.

And Steph found a royal carriage.

Happy 2014!!

Dave looooves driving our scooter, Buzz.

Tainan park.

Chihkan Tower- feeding the koi fish!

Chihkan Tower itself.

Exploring Tainan park with Matt during Chinese New Year.

This guy is doing some calligraphy.

And this lady is getting stamped- most likely either for protection or good luck.

LOTS of incense.

This super-cool and super-tiny alley leads to a cafe- conveniently called 'The Narrow Door Cafe!'