I had never really thought about traveling to Vietnam before. I did not have specific expectations because it is not a country you hear a lot about (at least not at home) and even less about this small town on the central coast of Vietnam. My first idea, before my trip, was to spend a [...]
Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more. Subscribe below to get notified when I post new updates.
A friend told me on Friday night: "let's go visit a place tomorrow". None of us knew exactly how to go there. We just assumed that it was quite far from the campus. Without asking many questions, I just accepted because well, that's what people do here. On my own, I was wondering how could [...]
Tea ceremony New experiences I must admit that I am not a big fan of tea. I am much more a coffee drinker. But I drank more tea in less than a year than I lived here than during my 18 years in my country. The reason is the important place occupied by the tea [...]
Processed with VSCO with a6 presetCredit photo: Wikimedia Commons If you are a budget traveler or in general someone who travels to foreign countries for tourist purposes, you certainly know that often, most of times, the large part of your budget goes to accommodations that can be very costly in places like Hong Kong or [...]
A Night Market in Taichung Night markets are one of the favorite spots where Taiwanese like to hang out. Of course, they are at the core of Asian cultures and it is almost impossible to visit any neighboring countries without visiting at least one of their night markets. But while Thailand might attract more tourists [...]
Last night, a friend of mine invited me to Zhongxiao night market in order to get some ice cream. I was happy to join. It is one of my closest friends. About two hours before we met, he announced me that a Taiwanese girl would come with us. I was slightly less happy since now [...]
Recently, I was talking to a friend, a foreigner like me and he confessed that he felt that he wasn’t fitting in. He could not have better explained the feeling that I have been experiencing since ten months that I am living here. Yet I think I was doing great before. For sure, I have [...]
I am very excited to start this new blog relating my experiences in Taiwan as an introvert girl I have never been really good at keeping a diary so I feel having a blog will help me to write more and also to share with people. Welcome to my blog!
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