Mid-February we celebrated Chinese New Year, the biggest family celebration in Taiwan and Chinese culture. Before Chinese New Year Amy and Anna learned a lot about traditions and stories about Chinese New Year in preschool. They also taught us a … Continue reading
Like in the years before, we and our colleagues organized a German Christmas Eve service in Taipei. Altogether we were about 60 people and it was great to have a little bit of German Christmas here in Taiwan. After the … Continue reading
Right now it’s strawberry season here in Taiwan (December to early April). Last Sunday we drove to the strawberry valley, about an hour south of where we live, to pick some strawberries. Amy and Anna enjoyed it a lot and … Continue reading
The first half of February we celebrated Chinese New Year. Although it´s already past, we want to share a little bit about how we celebrated Chinese New Year with you… Chinese New Year has six holidays in a row and … Continue reading
This summer we were able to spend some time in Germany. We were happy to see our families and a lot of our friends. We also spent some days to go on vacation with our parents. First we went to … Continue reading
Before we moved to Hsinchu we celebrated our third Chinese New Year in Taipei. At the same time that was also a farewell to our beloved friends in Taipei. In the days before Chinese New Year preparations have been seen … Continue reading
Some weeks ago on Sunday the district that we live in offered a free health check up. There were several tables where they did a lot of different check ups. From a blood test, a lung function test, a dentist, … Continue reading
Children are really helping a lot with building relationships. Especially when they look different than most of the other kids, like having blond hair instead of black. At least that’s the case for us. When people walk by, we often … Continue reading
This summer we flew to Germany for a three weeks’ vacation. We are grateful that our two girls every time did very well on the long journey. During our time in Germany Joe also had to go to London for … Continue reading
Some of you may have heard of typhoon Soudelor that went over Taiwan last Friday and Saturday. It was our first real typhoon here in Taiwan and the people here say it was probably the most serious in the last … Continue reading