1 month in Taiwan!

I have now been in Taiwan for one month and two days – that is unbelievable! On one hand it feels like I just got her yesterday but on the other hand I feel like, I have already been experiencing so much, that I impossibly could have seen all these places and met all those people in one month! Well I have (and it freaks me out a little, as I know that the time in front of me will pass by even faster).

-     -  I have met so many people that I have a hard time remembering their faces (and names!). But some of them already mean a lot to me and have been so kind to show me their amazing city, Taipei.

-      - I have been eating so much rice, that I was unbelievably happy when my host mom served homemade noodles the other night – what a delicious meal!

-      - I’ve been eating a lot of jelly stuff: in cakes, in drinks, in food – in everything! I’ve found out that I like it the best, when it is cut into small pieces (jelly stuff in big pieces are yucky to swallow)

-       -I’ve only had bread with…. bread? They don’t put anything upon it in Taiwan

-       -I’ve become comfortable with the MRT- and bus system. I love how I can get everywhere!

-       -I am improving my Chinese though I am eager to get better…

-       -And most important: I have lived at the best host family I could ever imagine!

I don’t know if it was meant as I kind of celebration of this amazing “1-month-day” or if it was a coincidence, but I received my first packet from Denmark today. It consisted of a magazine, some letters, lakrids, øllebrød, rugbrød and frikadellemix!!!

 I am so happy to receive the food, even though my last days have included too much eating (and I’ve been eating a lot, as it did not come with too much rice and jelly stuff)! On the Moon Festival day (yesterday) I first went to a restaurant to eat barbeque with my host family, and afterwards I went to a classmate’s house to eat barbeque again! 

My three host sisters at the BBQ restaurant

BBQ in the small streets with my friends (people don't have gardens so the just BBQ on the road)

Now I have to go dancing to burn some of the delicious food! Class of the evening is MTV dance, which probably means, that we will learn a dance from some Korean music video, as Korean music is very popular here – well, I look forward! :D

Julia