TheBellSite

We hope that you and your family can get together and have some fun this weekend. I’ve taken a little time off work and we are doing some exploring. Yesterday it was Yang Ming Shan - today it was Neidong National Forest. I’ve put a few of the pictures from today up on Flicker. Tomorrow [...]

After an afternoon of play Fran and I stopped at an "International" store and found a few of the comfort foods we sometimes splurge on. I’m curious about whether I’ve just lost touch with the cost of things or are the cost of western goods just really ridiculously high here in Taipei. Look at this [...]

As I was sitting at a Pizza Hut having dinner last night it struck me again how different our lives are today. While raising our children neither of us would have imagined that we could possibly be living where we live, doing the work we do now. It is truly mind-boggling!
We left our apartment (hadn’t [...]

I had just thought that it was because I was a country bumpkin moved to the BIG city. Since moving here years ago we’ve really been impressed with Taipei’s subway system. What the linked article fails to mention, which just sweetens the deal, is the bus system that connects to the subway. All in [...]

  I don’t know about where you live but the price of gasoline in Taiwan has gotten out of hand!
I checked the price today - liters to gallons, then NT$ to US$ - and found that we are paying $3.75 per gallon of 92 octane gasoline. Compare that to the year I graduated high school [...]

We’ve always thought is was a little strange that Taiwan did not have a real embassy. According to this hot off the press release from the AP, that may soon be changing - at least in appearances.
US may post Marines at office in Taiwan - New York Times

Fran has just posted another “Mission Moment”.You can read it HERE or go to one on the links on the home page (top or right side).
(EDIT) Pictures were added today