I’m now in taiwan! wohoo! After 3 stressful flights, 20 minutes connecting flights and a lost baggage…Still thankful that our Europe Trip went (semi) safely. Can’t ask for better traveling partners: the cs-request-master sees and the clumsy and chill ju. Although we had to deal with many difficult, uncomfortable situations, thank God that we’re all still safe. I will be in Taiwan for the next 6-7 weeks while sees will be studying abroad in Copenhagen.
Based on our experiences, these are my Ratings:
Amsterdam- adorable, most bike-friendly, high fashion, open-minded and FAVORITE
Brussels- Best mussels, chocolates and beer (raspberry flavored)
Paris- most photogenic, touristy
Barcelona- best 3-coursed meals, most artsy
Girona- most overlooked, gorgeous
Milano- cheapest metro tickets
Munich- best beer garden, sausages and tasty tuna pizza
Prague- most historically interesting, charming, cool flavored beers
Berlin- cheapest and delicious food (including breakfast), best flea markets, coolest graffitis and most diverse and HIP also, where i would most likely to revisit
Copenhagen- Never been, sees will update all of us
very biased but maybe could help you decide where you’d like to go for your next trip:)
Although our Europe has kinda ended, still we will update it so still follow!
[CEEN]
(by 78_rpm)
My 1st aunt and cousin Lulu took my sister and I to Lukang to visit my grandma on my dad’s side (even though my aunt and cousin are from my mom’s side). My sister and I spoke to my grandma in halting and horribly accented Taiwanese, which made her so happy that she immediately called my 4th aunt (dad’s side) when we left.
After that, we went to ?? (Wang Gong), a neighboring village with huge oyster harvesting fields (seen partly above).
After Lukang, we went to Taichung, where my aunt took us to ?????? (Uncle’s Hometown Flavor) (lao3 jiu4 de5 jia1 xiang1 wei4). It’s a really famous restaurant and one of my dad’s favorites. The potsticker above is ???? (jiu3 cai4 shui3 jiao3) (potstickers with garlic chives). Delicious. I love garlic chives.
????? (suan1 bai2 cai4 shui3 jiao3) (sour cabbage dumplings)
????? (suan1 cai4 bai2 huo3 guo1) (sour cabbage hotpot)
Sauces — left: mashed garlic; middle: soycheese sauce with Chinese chives; right: vinegar with garlic
Bubble tea beckons (by KentonNgo)
It’s hello to Taiwan and bye bye to Japan. No more proper ladies and gentleman who go to great lengths to be considerate of everyone in their sights, and also friends and neighbors who may not be present but are thought to be equally as worthy of consideration regardless, people who make room for you on the sidewalk, move their bikes out of your way so you can pass freely, talk non-stop in singsong voices while making change for you in the Family Mart, and never hesitate to throw a bow or two in your direction. I’ve traded them all in for people who don’t give a damn if you’ve been waiting in line for an hour, they’re going to push and shove their way to the goddamn front anyway ‘cause they don’t give a fuuuuuuuuuck, and they want to be first even though they wouldn’t be able to tell you why. They want to be first so they can sit and wilt in the hot and sweaty steam of the dark, unventilated bus, secure in their smugness, knowing their elbows are the sharpest of the bunch and they made it in FIRST! FFFFFFFIIIIIIIIIRST!!!!!!!!! Oh yes.
I’m not sure how it happens, but sometimes, out of nowhere, I get so crabby I want to rent an apartment and buy dishes just so I can take them all out into the street and smash them. I was sitting on the bus from the airport to Taipei City, and the woman across the aisle was coughing, a perfectly reasonable thing to do. I felt like a four-year-old ready to explode into a tantrum. I had to continuously resist the urge to erupt into ludicrous suggestions, “Have a glass of water or a lozenge or something, bury your mouth in a hanky, stick your head out the window, just be quiet!” I cannot pinpoint any reason why I would be entertaining the notion of behaving in this fashion. I had a perfectly lovely day filled with complimentary snacks, beverages, and extra legroom… unless it was the pushing and shoving that sent me down the wrong path. I’m far too easily influenced by hoodlums and skullduggery. I managed to make it to the hostel without any fights breaking out. I suppose I better have a nap and work on waking up feeling cute and friendly. I’ve been having really lively dreams lately, with lots of cameo appearances from characters in my real life past. I’m interested to see who turns up tonight… MmmK, nighty night. xo.
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