Family Visit and Trip to Taroko
Maybe you've heard about the recent earthquakes here in Taiwan. Well, we (me and my dad and brother, who are visiting me currently) weren't anywhere near where the damage occured, so we're fine, but our hotel room was certainly shaking that night.
Quinn and my dad have been here since last Sunday, and we've done a lot since then. It's been pretty stressful to work full time and have guests as well, but fortunately I got to take the last few days off so we could take a little trip down to Hualien and Taroko Gorge.
Here are our past 2 weeks in pictures!
First we got the touristy stuff out of the way, like going to Chiang Kai-shek Memorial, Taipei 101,
and Taiwan Storyland. Taiwan Storyland is a recreation of 1965 Taipei. Here's my dad in the classroom there, pretending he's some kind of teacher or something.
Then they came to the kindergarten to hang out with my kids
and watch me teach.
On Christmas eve we went to Danshui
and then came home for a Christmas dinner of soup, fried rice, cookies, and rice wine.
I gave my brother a Xiao for Christmas
and he and my dad gave me an Erhu, so we played some beautiful music together.
On Christmas we headed down to Hualien and Taroko Gorge. I think these pictures speak for themselves:
Quinn and my dad have been here since last Sunday, and we've done a lot since then. It's been pretty stressful to work full time and have guests as well, but fortunately I got to take the last few days off so we could take a little trip down to Hualien and Taroko Gorge.
Here are our past 2 weeks in pictures!
First we got the touristy stuff out of the way, like going to Chiang Kai-shek Memorial, Taipei 101,
and Taiwan Storyland. Taiwan Storyland is a recreation of 1965 Taipei. Here's my dad in the classroom there, pretending he's some kind of teacher or something.
Then they came to the kindergarten to hang out with my kids
and watch me teach.
On Christmas eve we went to Danshui
and then came home for a Christmas dinner of soup, fried rice, cookies, and rice wine.
I gave my brother a Xiao for Christmas
and he and my dad gave me an Erhu, so we played some beautiful music together.
On Christmas we headed down to Hualien and Taroko Gorge. I think these pictures speak for themselves: