Family reunions mean food, and lots of it! This year I was invited once again to join the wonderful Tan family, who have kindly invited me for so many delicious meals in the past. They live in the Baishawan area on Taiwan’s … Continue reading Chinese New Year 2024: So Yummy!
Yes, red is the colour as always for Chinese New Year (aka Lunar New Year or Spring Festival) and this year is no exception. And gold too. Oh yes, red and gold are everywhere! The Year of the Dragon is coming, … Continue reading Red is the Colour, it’s Chinese New Year!
The Taipei Grand Trail (TGT) goes around Taipei City in a huge 130 km circle, of which 92 km is hiking, and 38 km is cycling. Well worth doing! The scenery is stunning, the views are extensive, the paths are … Continue reading 臺北大縱走 Taipei Grand Trail 2023!
Location is everything – or could be! Taipei is a high-rise city and getting higher, and with it, more expensive. Rows of old 5-storey buildings – shops below, apartments above – are gradually being cleared and replaced with gleaming new … Continue reading Location, Location, Location @ St. John’s Cathedral, Taipei!
The Taiwan Lantern Festival meets Covid-19…..! It’s the final weekend of this huge extravaganza, Taiwan’s annual Lantern Festival with lanterns, light shows and huge crowds of people everywhere ~ and in the midst of them all there’s a few lanterns … Continue reading Happy Lantern Festival! 🏮
There’s rabbit clothes, rabbit lanterns, rabbit displays and rabbit-everything everywhere! An abundance of real live rabbits is one of the things I noticed about the UK on my recent visit – they were everywhere, munching away on people’s lawns. Not … Continue reading 🐰 Bouncing into the Year of the Rabbit! 🐰
Yes, the Taipei Grand Trail ~ and the second time I’ve done it this year, whoop whoop! The first time was over Chinese New Year in February 2022, all in the rain and mud. Check out my previous post below … Continue reading 臺北大縱走 Taipei Grand Trail @ April 2022!
Yes, ‘Easter Advent Calendars’ are all the rage – and there’s lots available, as you can see above. This is your chance to forget the dreariness of Lent and its grim associations with fasting and penance; instead we can have … Continue reading ‘Easter Advent Calendar?!’ Update from Taiwan: Surviving Lent, Looking to Easter!
Rain, rain and more rain – and mud, such a great combination! Plenty of both to keep me wet and disgustingly dirty for a whole week. Hey, at least we had no wind, or at least not at the same … Continue reading 臺北大縱走 Taipei Grand Hike / Trail @ Chinese New Year 2022!
Catherine Lee 