花蓮 and 運動會

The last few weeks have been pretty exciting. Our NSLI-Y group traveled to Hualian (see Ben's Recap Video)  for the weekend. 花蓮 is in beautiful Northeast Taiwan, and for some reason, NSLI-Y payed for us to take a plane there (about 30 minutes in the air). While waiting in at the airport, I treated myself to a massage which cost a little less than two US dollars.

The mountains in Hualian are beautiful, and the air there is so clean! It was great to get out of the city for a few days and experience a bit of Mother Nature in Taiwan. We also found a store that had some of the best ice cream we've found in Taiwan.

The NSLI-Y Taiwan Crew

Wearing Helmets to Protect Ourselves from Possible Falling Rocks

Finding Home

Brandon and his girls

We like to take pictures of ourselves

 It was great to finally experience Hualian in its glory, and at the end of the weekend, we took a 5 hour train ride back to Kaohsiung.

Last Friday at Wenzao, we had 運動會 (SPORTS DAY!!) I bought an American flag bandana from the English department and experienced the Taiwanese equivalent of Field Day. Jubbie's Spanish Department (西文系）won for the five year school, and the English Department （英文系）won for the four year college. It was cool to see so many people on campus supporting their classmates in various relay races, and students shouting "加油！" completely surrounding the track.

Orange shirts are Japanese Department's students