My Taiwan Adventure

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Today I dare to dream of a luxurious weekend somewhere in a castle. I stumbled across this Celtic Castle Website and it has filled my head with romantic notions that I doubt will be fulfilled in 2005. Perhaps next year? Maybe when I fall rich? *laughs* Comparing the Taiwanese dollar to the English pound is just flat out frightening.


Famous cherry blossoms.

My head is pounding today and I'm just the last of a round of teachers getting big headaches in the last 2 weeks. I wonder if the weather has something to do with it. From 43 above on the weekend to only 25 today. The locals say that Taipei's weather is like a mother-in-law's temper. Make of that what you will. I suspect my headache is due to not drinking enough water today.


Yellow birds enjoying the nectar in the blossoms.

Yesterday I went home and took a nap thinking that I'd get up in half an hour. I did get up to change into pjs and go back to sleep 3 minutes later. *laughs* I ended up going to bed around 7 pm and getting up this morning at 5:30 am. I slept solidly and soundly. I believe in letting your body do what it has to do to get by so I don't consider it time wasted. If my body needs the same tonight I'll do it again. After those weeks of bad sleep last month I'm enjoying the deep slumber I'm having right now.

Oh, you want to know about the duck? He's my constant traveling companion. A recent discussion at the office about Flat Stanley reminded me of some of my Duckling photos. Anytime I look at Duckling I think of my sister back home. He was one of the last items to get packed and he's never been left behind. He's been to a lot of different places in Taiwan. Here he is pictured at the "eternal bridges" in Taroko Gorge. The place is "gorgeous!" I had planned to add more pictures but my photo site has routine maintenance scheduled for the funny time of 4:00 am MST so no such luck for you. *smiles* I just had time enough to get these few pics of the cherry blossoms up. Enjoy!

T. Destiny in Taipei