Happy, happier, happiest!

Wauw – so much has happened these past four days, and I am indescribable happy! Where to begin… Well:

Friday I really got to speak Danish for the first time since I came here. Well I’ve been skyping my family twice and my Rotary counsellor once, but this time I got visits from Denmark. A guy from my Rotary Club in Denmark and his wife were here because of business, so we decided to meet and do something together. We went and ate dumplings and steamed buns, took a look and Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall, and went to the beautiful part of Taipei called Danshui. Finally we made it to a Rotary meeting, and I think my Danish guests found it interesting to participate in a Taiwanese Rotary meeting!

Saturday I went shopping with one of my host sisters. I bought a lot of stuff, which makes me feel a little bit bad, but I actually need it, as it is getting colder here, and I only brought summer clothing (yeah I know, that you probably wouldn’t find 28°C cold, but here people are were jeans and jackets now…). We also went to Taipei 101 (once the tallest building in the world), but here we only did window shopping, as the stuff here was way to expensive for my monthly allowance :D It was interesting to go there though, partly because we found a Georg Jensen (danish design) in there – I am so proud that Denmark has a shop at such a place!

    When we returned home my host mom was making dumplings, so I decided to join her. My first one was really ugly, but after folding a few, I finally got it! I can ensure you that I am going to cook dumplings when I go back to Denmark, cause they are sooooooooo delicious!

Sunday I went to see a dance performance together with a bunch of Rotary Exchange Students at Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall performance theatre. The theatre was beautiful as well as the performance made by an Arabic dance team. It included a lot of improvisation, which was really interesting!

And now to the best part: Monday. Today at language school my teacher gave me a diploma saying: CERTIFICATE OF OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE. I am so proud, and the fact, that the diploma came with a little ugly dish mat, made it worth the hard work! Furthermore my Rotary Club here in Taiwan today said “go” for a Japan trip with my senior High School, which means that I in January 2011 am going 6 days to Tokio, Japan! How amazing is that? I am so happy to be here in Taiwan, but getting the opportunity of seeing even more of Asia is fantastic! But don’t misunderstand me: Taiwan is still my first choise!

Love it here!

Julia