Hello everybody!
So we began our new jobs as English teachers in Taipei this week. Man, that sounds too far fetched to be real. But apparently it is a fact, though I'm sure I will always have my doubts. Mel is teaching at a school called "Banqiao" and I am at a "Wen Hua." These are just two of the seven or eight schools that Shane Language Schools runs around the city. We nearly pulled our hair out with the amount of preparation and teachers anxiety that we felt this week, but we made it over one hurdle. Only several thousand more to go. Haha, I make stupid joke. It already feels easier to both of us, and the other teachers have congratulated us on making it through the most difficult week of the experience. Thank God!
Last weekend, before we started we had the chance to go to a wonderful riverside carnival/market in an area called Bitan. We took a fantastic seafaring adventure with Simon and Debbie in a paddle-boat. The highlight was when several young Taiwanese folks took our picture. We obliged, giving them a Chinese photo by putting our peace signs in the air and smiling with enthusiasm. Before this we decided to cross the river and explore some very green mountains. There is a great footbridge over the Danshui river that leads to some "hiking trails." I put those words in quotations because on one hand you are surrounded by thick lush foliage; bamboo, ferns, giant prehistoric leafie thingies (that is the technical name thank you very much.) And on the other hand, the trails are paved with asphalt and the sound of a jackhammer thumps majestically in the distance! Perhaps once you get out further into the countryside there are some more natural trails, but we've yet to find out. We'll let you know.
We will be posting more photos in a while, but our free flicker photo trial has expired and we must wait to get paid. Take care of yourselves and we love you all so much. May you all be blessed this holiday season (that sort of sounded like a Hallmark card? but I mean it sincerely.)
Ho!Ho! Ho! or as they say in Taiwan, Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!
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