Yes, the apartment is located in a small lane ^ ^ Very (un) homely.
The living room is quite huge. The smaller the other hand, does my little room. This massive air conditioner that is installed there on my bed sooooo professional in the window Incidentally, according to the animal. As if the bed vibrates XD
in February so I had not much time to learn my apartment or my roommates. And this was so because, after all the confusion I was able to clear my internship and my visa, I went to my first host family for Chinese New Year in the suburbs of Taipei. I would like to shorten this part of something, because not much really happened. The first afternoon I spent with my host family in the house, a guest was still just a friend of my host's daughter from Taizhong they had met in Shanghai. The only thing worth mentioning that evening was just that said Taizhong friend from that time had to decide, especially for a university in Germany. She had the choice between a semester at a prestigious university and her professor recommended or a lesser known, but all for 2 semesters. Well. She is now one year. And speaks not a word of German. ^ ^ Good Luck, I'd do as me, right? If it is then in Germany, specifically in Saxony Anhalt, I'll probably go to visit you. That'll be fun! Haha Taiwanese, totally unprepared in Germany .... What a feast!
Here the girl from Taizhong, my daughter and host ... (How do you look just as impossible in a picture? If I had then already NEN mirror? XD)
Broadly Overall, my host family was very, very nice. The father I've hardly seen, because that was always busy with the chickens .... ^ ^ `Only the Son of man I was a little on your nerves, but that have little boys exist in isolation, is not it, Uwe? ^ ^ The younger sister did not at first that I am Chinese very well and thought only of the powerful Chinese at the sight: "What does he want the alien here?" ... .. Seriously. I can live with the word "foreigner", but 外星人 waixingren (- literally aliens), I am not a long time. I said anything about that. And later, when they tell me about the pros and cons of prestigious and less prestigious universities to discuss heard in Germany, she whispered her sister to "The speaks Chinese!" ... From then on it was looooong . so here Probably because she realized that her rude remark I have heard much of before, but had ignored Ladylike. 1 to 0 for me ^ ^
On Friday morning we went all went to Taizhong. The grandparents in Yunlin .... do not speak Chinese .... Only Taiwanese, as it were .... Yes, yes. It was really quite rural there, with even the toilet outside and you can not stand upright in the bath (under the stairs), even one lives in a garage: there's no real front door, but only as a noise-free (you spell that right?) to pull down, as have almost all garages and most businesses. And somehow cozy flooring in the living room you will search in vain. Homely atmosphere (including comfortable temperatures) after all ... Oh well. Anyway, it was from then on, then even more boring. Do not get me wrong, I do not want to sound ungrateful, but I had hoped for something more. At least that is not only slept (tagsüber!!) And otherwise hang out. Yes. And the host just sits in the common bedroom around (because there are not so icy cold, was because there is no heating, right?), Looks at the hosts when sleeping, breathing thick smoke plumes an incense stick, book reading and wonders what the hell is she doing here. Be honest. That was even more boring than sitting at home alone and to watch series, or else was. I do have to deal alone. But I wanted to do uuuuunbedingt authentic Taiwanese family culture for the New Year. Well. Wirs say it this way: If I had not done, then I would probably cry the opportunity ever after. So I now know that Taiwan is not just at New Year, really do anything except sleep, eat, eating, cooking, visiting temples, play cards (I have also learned one, but already forgotten again ^ ^) and watching TV. In general the whole day was somehow eaten the same: For breakfast, just all meats and vegetables and so cold, too Lunch warmed up with a little of the food and the evening the same nonsense again. I've learned that I can eat any more early morning bowel, such as lunch or dinner ... else goes on, vegetables and rice or something (and something very tasty, but whose name I unfortunately forgot haha). On Monday (February 15), we drove a little further to the maternal grandparents. The oh-surprise - no speak Chinese. Since then so ne Horde had children, and any relationship, what that meant so once eternal In mortis. To oll. One of the little girl I was particularly on his nerves. The turned always close to me and stared. As also helped in ne other direction nothing that came afterward easy. And then the question of why would be because my eyes ... blue. Yes, what answer can you do? "Why are your as brown?" Did she then non, grinned at me and from then on we understood a little better. In the evening we should still sing karaoke in their living rooms. Well. I'm non-sung really something that has taken over my host daughter very well. Thank God it was me that night it clear that I would go the next day on the bus back home to Taipei. Honestly, I wanted nothing but gone. Somehow it seems to me as if whether we do in Germany more on holidays. Somehow everything is going on. And I would definitely give more effort to entertain the guests. We were also times NEN afternoon at the cinema and a little run around on the street and just beeen at a night market. But well. Otherwise, stop lying all around and just slept, especially my host's daughter. Great. Whatever the case. I have a lot of bored and the rest of the time felt very uncomfortable (because staring ...). Was then so happy last week to be after hours of bus finally arrived back in Taipei.
"You have to rub the turnip! Good luck! " - Visit the Temple of the God of Agriculture ^ ^
Wednesday lunch, I went to the airport, pick up my parents. I thought that was just great! This has been a really fun time! In the beginning, that was really more meant as a joke when I was in Germany said that I should visit my parents absolutely. Not that I would not have liked to have had here, but I just never would have thought that my mom can really bring himself to come here. Does it then but in the end it and I also hope it has both her and Papa somewhat like this (even if we have really sheer Rumgetappe hardly noticed what the local cuisine haha). After we had thus found quite easily at the airport, took the bus back to Taipei, and had then checked into the hotel, we went first in search of food. This proved to be yet more difficult than initially thought. Although I'd just eaten a bucket brought the eggs, but lunch would be just wrong but was not. But it was still New Year. And concluded that 90% of the shops and restaurants and the streets deserted. ^ ^ We will then but still just around the corner from my apartment find anything: There was Lamian (pulled noodles), noodle soup. The noodles are in the store that is made before the eyes of the customer, which made me quite frightened the first time but because I was not on a sudden, noisy breaking up the pasta on countertops prepared so completely. It was quite nice to see with how my parents lining up with the chopsticks. ^ ^ Noodle soup with chopsticks .... Beginners should really do like my mom: the soup spoon FIRST and THEN try the noodles with the chopsticks from bowl to lift. And splashed it is not quite as bad as full haha
Because of the lousy weather (cold and wet, and even no heating ...) was out of the campus tour is not too much, so that we then only once in my favorite cafe and then fled to Skype in my apartment. Here are the pictures ^ ^
My parents (? Happy) arrived in Taiwan - and a cat who knows, wos nice and warm ^ ^
And more kitten (I'd still sooo many pictures ^ ^)
On Thursday then began our ordeal. Running. Viiiiiel run. ^ ^ First we have to Taipei Main Station, because one must have seen well! Then we wanted to the National Palace Museum, but we should postpone a few times haha. Whatever the case, after we have standing around some time at Shinkong Mitsukoshi (shopping center) at the Taipei Main Station, waiting for that will finally open up 11 times (yes, the Germans have to be on holiday with to premature Get up stress ^ ^) and had us delight in the colorful (Japanese) Curiosities (just think about. Bunte, solar powered plastic flower ... haha), my parents first had one of the many basketball machine to play with me ^ ^ I I can not remember who won. After Dad had then nothing in the technology found in Shinkong paradise, we were groping more or less aimlessly around in the underground mall (of course I was not over at my favorite record store, not to buy me something .... UU), were still no red plush tiger for New Year's grandmother (whom she had in a newspaper in Thuringia seen and wanted to have a necessarily so. What to be not quite so simple design ...) and then drove from the central station from the north to the station Zhishan. At this point I would like to warn all travelers: If you do you, as we also oriented to the directions of the great, small leaflets in the subways, plans always AT LEAST a double time, which is on the brochure. And the way before looking again on the Internet or the city map. ... I had not yet seen too much in Taipei, and therefore so Taipeiführer drawn a great help. Well. Since destinations are already so beautiful and everything inside. Since I then had to investigate non-evening still something, but just could look fine with my parents movie or play cards or whatever. Tjaja. My laziness brought us the very day in difficulties. After all arrived safely at the subway station, we wandered around a bit thanks to the vague directions of my brochure, some time before we had after repeated requests and even more Umhergeirre finally found the right bus station. The people here are really helpful! us the nice owner of a bike shop had not said the right bus, we had the revolving restaurant that was never found ... haha that is our aim: The zich meters high, to go around its axis revolving restaurant, the (rainy something) to enjoy the view and then to continue for the National Palace Museum. Well. Again, I make our world trip a little shorter than it actually was: We have no longer taken to the Palace Museum. ^ ^ After the bus ride because we are still wandering further, are the huge, highly visible restaurant in mind. You see it, but somehow comes out non. 10 minutes or the like, stood in my brochure. Yes. Of course. When we asked on a baseball field in a cafe and the service even for us in the restaurant called and inquired as to whether the open today ever had (yeah, I was well prepared, I know), we still groping eeeeeewig an almost eeeeeendlose Street until we finally arrived at the restaurant. So something is wrong with the brochure. I swear! The restaurant at 120 meters, then was really very nice, we had a choice of lobster, lobster or lobster. ^ ^ It was also x transitions (and quite annoying background music in a loop), observe and you had that one does not drop by the window, because the then (because of the self-rotation) until about an hour sees again ^ ^ It was all in all, not even bad, but next time I'll definitely take a taxi. That we did it on the way back up to the nearest metro station. Since we have no time for the Palace Museum had (and would have been the still ongoing), we drove to the scene Ximen quarter, but then had to find that "The Frog Princess" everywhere unfortunately only in Chinese in theaters running. Mh The films here are always in original language, but just the trick and not children's films. run in some cinemas which then also in the original language, but in the cinema where we had just looked not exactly. Well. So just a little and then rumgetappt DVD ("Up") in hotel ^ ^ looked too good!
The following Friday then ran to a more tranquil and well off. ^ ^ We were just pretty done the previous day and the weather was still not what you'd like them to leave weather. On that Friday so I awoke to the smell of honey toast ... .. XD JAJAJAJAJA !!!!! I was completely traumatized by several months, squishy, ungetoastetem Toast in the dorm. But now at last I had a toaster haha - So who was there when I moved in, but who cares, right? ^ ^ After seeing how well the day before, my parents had picked up from the hotel, we went on to Wufenpu. This is a fashion district in the east of the city that, then we should also notice the morning is not even really open. ^ ^ Yeah. The Germans. On a later visit with Eunice I should find that in the said district may try anything anyway, which makes the clothes buying is not necessarily ... tjaja. By and large Wufenpu is really just a little bigger and more advisable to Clothing limited night market. Not night ... morning .... But at least there gabs also a small temple, we had tourists then shoot the same. ^ ^
Then we went in the Xinyi district, where the well is one hundred and first We were initially driven to Wufenpu because Papa's shoes through a crack in the floor were not really waterproof, which makes the course in February in Taipei do not think very well .... So we stormed the various Shinkong in Xinyi, always looking for shoes for dad, or sometimes just looking for Dad, who suddenly disappeared ... And you will believe that much, but we've actually found shoes for him!! Can you believe that? I cross in front of times: you have to rub (or down), what a lot of walking safely in the following days for Papa dry, but left something to be painful. ^ ^ So it is sometimes.
Then I wanted my parents actually transport you to a great restaurant in gaaaaanz Sogo near my apartment (the Dim Taifeng - Xiao Longbao delicious!), but after we had arrived there before the election, now queuing for an hour or us to find another restaurant, we went to the top floor value of the Fuxing Sogo Hong Kong and ate dim sum (Bällchen! Haha ). That was veeeery delicious and then we still have to wear brightly colored clothing dog enjoys ^ ^ dog here that is clothes, sometimes even shoes. I can understand that you can set up in Taipei the hundi continuous rain, rain gear (wet dog smell is just and dirty even faster), but his crown and to tighten squeaky little shoes is beyond my understanding, but then ....
After we indulged in another Strabucks Caramel Frappuccino (who has not yet tried: RAN) we have in the evening in the hotel rooms have enjoyed themselves immensely: "Press it out! "Yes. I'm doing exactly that. You can not see every day, so such a toilet seat with zich buttons. Well. And then all hands were running screaming from the bathroom, because as this injected a bold stream of water from the toilet came ^ ^ technique is sometimes quite funny, right?
On Saturday, we've finally done it in the Palace Museum. Inside, one can not even take pictures, so no pictures. I'm so in a previous blog entry was already emphasized again that in general I am sooooo not like museums, there is the Palace Museum is no exception. We are, therefore, this time covered ^ ^, again gone viiiiiiel too much, have bought a few "carbon Souvenirs" (the main exhibit is a huge carved jade cabbage ^ ^) and then only after Gongguan (my former residential area down), to eat in Tamagoya. The cinemas in Gongguan had unfortunately no English frog princess in the range, so are just something we strolled through the area and have visited my former residence.
On Sunday we visited the Yademarkt near my house a visit. I think it's always great: soooooo much stuff - but eventually everything always looks the same from XD. But it is already a must if you come to Taipei. You MUST buy there, at least one souvenir of what we did. ^ ^ Then There Were At lunch the first time (for my parents) hot pot, in the store in the us kidnapped Jessica always had and which I found thanks to God again had (in fact is also directly outside my front door haha). Who has been eating hot pot ever, knows that some time can take advantage and we have it then of course, not everything done in the zoo. Instead, we drove to Chinag Kai-shek Memorial Hall. This made in the subway station with a painting exhibition Frauenprotraits and then on the square outside the National Theatre a taste of a English theater troupe under the open sky and we were allowed to witness even the Flaggeeinholen the evening (that was funny haha). The right idea in the evening we stayed no longer, however, it was just too cold and too wet to get the legs to stand in the belly or sit on the floor. In the evening we have plunged into the turmoil of the Shida night market, eating and waffles have been a eeeeeewig for balls. But they are so delicious, that's it (at least the girls) worth ^ ^
National Opera House and National Concert Hall
honorary gate and soldiers at the top Fahneinholen
The values Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall and his
The painting exhibition in the subway (which was great !!!!)