Let me start with the conclusion after attending this festival: Taiwanese people are crazy but Catalans are not far behind :) The celebrations of Chinese New Year end on the 15th day of the year (this time it was February 17th) and big events are held everywhere in Taiwan. Last year we joined the Pingxi […]
After all the snow in Hokkaido we went back to Tokyo and transfered to Kyoto the following morning. It takes two and a half hours with the Nozomi Shinkansen and it gives you the opportunity to see the Fujisan on your right-hand side. Kyoto Kyoto was the capital of Japan for over a millennium, and […]
Let me start with a Happy Chinese New Year to everybody! 2011 is the Year of the Rabbit Going to Japan during Chinese New Year break is starting to be a classic for us. From 29th January to 06th February we moved quite a lot around Japan. To make it easier to digest I will […]
Alert: this is a long post (and very interesting!). Try to find a quiet moment to read it in detail. Maybe because of the distance, maybe because of new experiences, maybe because of the age… :) we’re looking for changes. Driven by the will of learning new things, to start new projects or finally define […]
A month ago or so, in a cafe in the Shida night-market are I spotted an advert about a “pets carnival” to be celebrated on early January. As I enjoy freak stuff (and I convinced Anna to join) we paid a visit to the exhibition. Walking around Taipei is not unusual to see pets (specially […]
Happy New Year to everybody! We have started 2011 in very good company! Using the Christmas break and some additional days, we have received the visit (unexpected and decided at the very last minute) of Mar (my sister) and Carles (my brother in law) Acting as good hosts we took the to the must see […]
Our new flat has a cheaper rental but everything has a hidden cost. One of the differences in the new flat is that we now need to manage the trash ourselves (in the other flat the people managing the building took care of it), and we had to learn how it works in Taipei (Taiwan […]
Last week we had Xavi and Pili around Taipei. Shortly before we left to Taiwan we went to their wedding. They are the first visit we have since Anna’s parents left (last May) After my quick visit to Madrid during the European tour (last October), Xavi and Pili were convinced to come to Taipei (more […]
When we decided to come to Taiwan, my first intention was to study a bit of Chinese and right away to look for a job. But as the research of a job was getting more difficult than expected and I got into the Chinese course… I stopped and I was fully dedicated to Chinese. 9 […]
I had to go to Europe for couple of meetings and Anna just finished her 3rd term of Chinese, so we arranged to spend almost 3 weeks in Europe. Specially for Anna it was starting to be mandatory to have an Asian break after more than 9 months at Taiwan. There is no better way […]
