Taylor Singleton

One exciting thing I experienced was the trains. Many people use them often. I am surprised by how clean the island is. The first positive experience was that everyone here also seems super nice, warm and welcoming. The next one is the how similar my homestay family was to my own. They were loving, welcoming, […]

My homestay home was super nice! The family said that they cleaned up a ton before we got to their apartment. The room that me and Phaedra stayed in was so cute, and it had a very nice view, since the apartment was on the thirteenth story. My homestay family has four people, which included

Today we went to a high school. The people there were very welcoming. The person my group had was very funny and would joke around with Charlie. We took funny pictures and had snacks, like pineapple cake and tea. We got gifts from the students with pens, folders, books, and such. It was fun and

Middle School students talk about some of their favorite foods and events.

The new food I tried today is the popular Taiwan street food Fish Balls. They were very chewy and hot. They were shaped like a meat ball and had a fishy flavor. They weren’t my favorite but I would try again…. Kamryn Ligman I tried a Sirloin steak. It smelled really good, it smelled like

At the night market, I tried watermelon lemonade or 西瓜柠檬汁. It tasted like lemonade, but less sour and sweet and more mellow and with a watermelon flavor. It tasted like half watermelon juice, half lemonade. It had what felt like lemon/lime pulp, and really tiny pieces of watermelon in the juice. It faintly smelled sweet,

High School students reflect in Chinese about some of the beautiful things they have seen.

I like to hang out with my friends in Taiwan because we have so much freedom, and can eat anywhere we like. Today I feel sad because we lost the baseball game, but it was still really fun to go there and eat food! Simon Lawson 这个花瓶上有一条龙在天空飞，天上有很多云。龙下面有大海，海里有一条鱼。花瓶是绿色，龙是蓝色，云是蓝和紫色。最后鱼是浅蓝色。 Isabella Hoffman 这个漂亮的香炉是国家宫博物院的一件。我们在博物馆里走一走时偶然发现了这件作品。这是一个美丽的惊喜。 Ben Ebinger (A picture of

Throughout the past three days, we have overcome many hardships. Through sweat, nausea, and leg cramps, we have persevered towards our goals and have experienced many unique activities.  However, in comparison to my home and life in Minnesota, I can say one thing. I’ve never been able to see a true sunset. I’ve stared out

One of the surprising thing to me that I experienced was the high humidity. I knew it would be bad, but not as high as 68-73% dew point. Two positive impressions that I’ve had here is that the locals and citizens were very nice and accommodating. They were willing to return fallen items and make