Indian Food!

Yesterday Myra and I went for a mini-vacation to Tainan. Myra had heard that there was a really good Indian restaurant there so we hopped on the train and headed down there in search of the food. On the train we met a new friend, Ja, a teacher near where we live. She and another of her friends joined us in our search for Indian food. It was so definitely worth it!! Yummm... the garlic naan bread, the curry chicken, the anise-seed dessert, the fruit lassi!! We ate a lot and then we ordered more food to take home. Here we are...

With Sandy... and Hot Pot

Last Thursday I got a pleasant surprise - a good Taiwanese friend Sandy, and her friend Laura, came to visit! We had a wonderful time talking and laughing together. First we biked around for a while and discovered a new park. It was HOT (the "feels like" temperature has been 113 F the last few days) and this park had a fountain. We enjoyed running through it to cool off. We also took some pictures (above & below). Note my new shoes - aren't they cute? (Canvas shoes of all colors and prints are very popular here in Taiwan.)

After working up an appetite biking, we went out for "hot pot". Have a explained hot pot here? I don't think so. Hot pot consists of a broth (many choices of flavor) and a bunch of random things that you cook in the broth over a little fire. The random things are usually all the same no matter where you go - fish balls, taro, corn, cabbage, rice noodles, beef (or pork or chicken), an egg, and a lot of thing that I can't identify but taste good. I had a Thai Coconut broth and it was fabulous. I'll have to get that once more before I leave. Here we are...

At school....

These are some of my Grade 1 students. They were a little goofy. We have a lot of fun, usually. They are so happy! Of such is the Kingdom of Heaven...

Why I Love Taiwan...

Dim Sum

The last morning I was in Hong Kong we went out for Dim Sum. I never had Dim Sum before (yes, I know Jenni, gasp!!) and it was a fun new experience. Traditionally, you are seated and then waiters go around pushing little carts with small dishes of various and sundry "things" and calling out what they are offering. You can choose what you want to eat and they just mark it on a paper at your table. Our Dim Sum was not quite that traditional and we ordered ahead. Still it was neat. Some foods I had already tried in Taiwan, but some foods were totally new, like the little steamed shrimp dumplings and egg-roll-type things wrapped in a sheet of tofu and fried. Yummy. Anyway, here I am with the Hung sisters at the restaurant just a few minutes before heading out to the airport for my flight back to Taiwan.

Avenue of the Stars

Random picture collage from Avenue of the Stars in Hong Kong. Fun times. =D

With the Hung Family in Hong Kong

I recently had one last trip out to Hong Kong (just arrived back in Taiwan on Tuesday) where I had a wonderful time with my gracious hosts, the Hung family pictured above. I really appreciated spending time with them and their friends seeing more of the sites around Hong Kong and just enjoying their company. What a blessing to make new friends!! Here are a few pictures taken together...