Last Sunday we celebrated Anna’s first birthday together with some friends. In the afternoon we invited our two neighbor families over for a German style coffee and cake birthday party. In the evening some of the students that live in … Continue reading
In April we had Simone’s family visiting us. First Simone’s brother Andy and his wife Ulla came and one week later Simone’s parents also arrived. In their first week Andy and Ulla explored Taipei and we enjoyed a lot having … Continue reading
Beginning February 18th to March 5th we celebrated Chinese New Year and this year we welcomed the “Year of the Sheep”. Chinese New Year is the biggest family event here in Taiwan (like Christmas for us). The date is based … Continue reading
Beginning of February Joe’s parents came to visit us for ten days. First we showed them how our everyday life in Taipei looks like – where we buy our food, where Amy goes to preschool, our church… Although the weather … Continue reading
This year we celebrated Amy’s birthday three times. On her actual birthday we as a family have been on vacation. Besides presents and birthday cake, we enjoyed our time in the hot springs and flew a kite on the beach. … Continue reading
In September the moon festival (also called midautum festival) was celebrated in Taiwan. The festival is celebrated according to the moon calendar at the time of the first autumn full moon. There are two holidays where all the families come … Continue reading
Since February, I am now going to a Taiwanese preschool. It was a big change for me (and of course for mommy and daddy, too). But now I really enjoy going there and my Chinese has already improved a lot. … Continue reading
Food is very important here. Taiwanese love good food. There is one dish called “Dumplings” (chinese: “JiaoZi”). Recently, two women from our church taught me how to make such “JiaoZi”. Pasta dough is filled with a mixture of ground beef, … Continue reading
After Chinese New Year, we were able to have a few days of vacation in the South of Taiwan, in Kenting. We went together with a German-Taiwanese family which we got to know at language school. Kenting about 250 miles … Continue reading