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April 2008
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Lion-Turtles, Doggies and Bears, Oh My!
30
Apr
2008
A few weeks ago I put up this post about us not being able to say the word “outside” without Ellie insisting on being taken out to play. We can no add to that list “out”, “go” and sometimes “ready”. As a sequel to that post, I recently took our camera out with us so [...]
A Real Conversation (or Tainan, Part 3)
29
Apr
2008
Jason: Zzzzz…. Kristie: (*scratch, scratch*…toss…turn…)…Sigh…(…toss…*scratch*…turn…) Jason: Hmrph…Are you even trying to sleep? Kristie: I would like to be, but it’s a little hard with these six mosquito bites on my legs, the one on my back and four on my arm! Jason: Oh….zzzzzzz…. Kristie: Grrrr….(*scratch, scratch, scratch*….toss…turn…toss…*scratch*…)
Tainan, Part 2
25
Apr
2008
Tainan is my favorite city in Taiwan. It is the oldest city, established by Dutch explorers in the 17th century, and so has that very nice aged and established feel that historical cities have. It is in the southern part of Taiwan and also has that slower, relaxed pace that southern cities have. Both of [...]
Tainan, Part 1
23
Apr
2008
Last week I needed a little blogging hiatus because I was worn out from studying for a scholarship test. The test is over, I got the scholarship (yay!) and have somewhat recovered my energy reserves. Whew! This past weekend we took a long anticipated trip to Tainan to visit our very good friend, Kei. We [...]
An equal number of things I would miss about Taiwan.
12
Apr
2008
not having a car (almost) everything we need within walking distance cheap swimming pools cheap rent guava mango bananas tangerines freshly made tangerine juice traditional markets can I say traditional markets again? i LOVE them not needing to make doctor’s appointments 3 months in advance being seen by the doctor within 10 minutes of arriving [...]
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