The Xiang Bi hike that keeps going upwards
週末去了苗栗縣泰安鄉爬山， 泰安鄉有三份之二居民是泰雅族原住民。我走的是象鼻古道，起點在象鼻吊橋。 Yesterday I went hiking at Tai An Township at Miaoli County. Tai An is…
ACMA CGMA – how much does these letters cost?
£285 a year. That’s USD368 or NTD11400. That’s how much ACMA CGMA costs I spent three years of study and…
2019 Dajia Mazu Parade
一年一度的台灣大甲媽祖巡遊，上星期完滿結束。當天是星期二，又下著毛毛雨，人群明顯比去年少。 儘管如此，還是很熱鬧，大家可以看看我的影片。我還加插一段去年拍，但一直沒有機會分享的片。我覺得這個環節非常特別，請大家欣賞。 Last week was the last day of the 2019 Dajia Mazu procession, one of the, if not the…
Visiting Toucheng old street 逛逛頭城老街
I had only one destination in mind when I got off the train at Toucheng station, Hepeng Street, or more…
Ferris Wheel
The last time that I went on a ferris wheel was the London Eye in UK well over ten years.…
The new and old Macao in a day
It’s been 15 years since I last went to Macao and I hear that it’s changed a lot since. Recently…
Skinless chilli peppers 金品剝皮辣椒
Since coming to live in Taiwan, I have discovered a local delicacy that my husband absolutely adores. Like most local…
Ed Sheeran and some thickoes 紅髮艾德爛透的主辦單位
Last night Ed Sheeran kicked off his Asian tour in Taiwan. I was one of the lucky twenty five thousand…
Weiwuying National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts 高雄衛武營
I always sing my praises for the National Taichung Theatre in Taiwan, as I think it’s a stunning piece of…
I went to visit Dr Sun 歷史足跡
Following my wander around Central, I went to visit Dr Sun one day. Dr Sun Yat Sen is the founding…
A unique fresh fruit culture 台灣水果店文化
這幾天台灣賣水果鬧得滿城風雨。今天談談台南水果店文化。 台灣不算大但東西南北文化各有差異，尤其在吃的方面。 台南是最早期開發的城市， 當年台南人較富庶，對吃很講究， 所以台南被譽為美食天地。 Although Taiwan isn’t a massive country, there’s quite a difference between north and south culture…
Sakura shrimps auction 櫻花蝦拍賣
I went for a seafood lunch at Dong Gang, at the south of Taiwan the other day. As I was…
