Fall

Even though Taiwan is much closer to Equator than Denmark is, it still gets cold here. Last Saturday it was more than 30 degrees C and the sun was burning, but this Thursday the temperature got down to 17,5 degrees C, and people wear thick jackets, boots and scarves.

The sudden change in weather is partly caused by the typhoons passing Taiwan now and then bringing a lot of rain and colder weather, and the sudden change in clothing is caused by the very humid weather here.

    Because of the high humidity it feels super hot and sauna-like when the temperature is high, and kind of sticky cold and damp (what we would call “klamt” in danish) when the temperature is low. The cold feeling is increased by the fact that no buildings here have heating systems and a stove is an unknown thing. So are you first freezing it can be hard to become warm again.

    So I’d better try to find time to buy myself a jacket and some sweaters, cause from now on we will probably have fewer of the hot days :)

Well I don’t have the time today, because soon I will take the MRT wearing a spider costume, as Rotary throws a Halloween party for the Exchange Students. They don’t celebrate Halloween in Taiwan (well some shops try to make a stunt out of it just as I Denmark), but here are a lot of Exchange Students from USA and Canada, so I guess that is the reason why, we are going to have a party. Well, I look forward :)

Julia

Ps. The leaves here are still green though