Category: Living in Taiwan
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STUST I – The Campus
Since my arrival in Tainan, the campus of the Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology has been full of surprises for me. In Linz I was used to walk around the calm University pond, sit down and relax. The only crowded place are the Mensa during lunch time and…
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Xiao Liu Qiu – One Island a Day Keeps the Doctor Away
One apple a day to keep your body healthy is a nice thought of treating yourself right every day. However, I need special kinds of the vitamins A and E, namely Adventure and Excitement. Praise the healthy body but do not forget a healthy mind. Thus the old clique and…
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Buddha Memorial Center
One advantage of Taiwan is the diversity of things you can explore. One day you hike in an amazing gorge, the other day make a bike tour at the biggest lake, another day you chill on the beaches of the south – and everything is reachable in one day. Great…
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Taipei – A Capital Story
As in every nation I am travelling to, I try to visit the capital of the country. I am living and studying in Tainan, Taiwan so I am almost obliged to see its centre of power – Taipei. For my master thesis, which I am currently writing, I had to…
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Merry Christmas – Shèngdàn kuaìlè
ꭉ Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells Blog ꭉ Finally, Christmas is here, but unlike every former year I’d celebrated the birth of a child – who actually was born in summer, but the 24th of December had already been a paganic holiday for centuries, so we celebrate here –…
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Feeling Home III – Goodbye, Dear East
Everything has an end, except π. Unluckily our trip to Hualien was no Greek letter. However, it was a #1 experience in Taiwan. We fought with nature, we laughed, we hiked, we got closer and eventually we drove home. On the last day of our journey we also had a…
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Feeling Home II – Marvelous Marble
… cliff hanger. That is funny, because in Taroko there are a lot of cliffs to hang from. However, we had been in the mountains on Saturday, my urge as an Austrian to experience hiking was still not fully pleased. As promised, Part II will be a firework of adventures,…
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Feeling Home I – An Austrian in the Taroko Gorge
ꭉ I am an alien. I am a legal alien. I am Austrian in the Taroko Gorge ꭉ For all of you singing the song in their head while reading, I sang it while writing too. And I keep singing it, because I am very happy that I saw this…
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Taiwan 2.0
This article is dedicated to the perception of time. Instead of improving the country via updates, I will talk about a second first résumé. The reason is, that I’ve already spent 2.0 months in Taiwan. Not 1.99; not 2.01; on the day, exactly 2.0 months. In these 61 days, a…
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Golden Beach and Red Lobster
All I wrote about my life abroad deals with money, weather or cities; but do you know that Taiwan is an island? I hope that you do, and I know it too. First, I was not sure the first two and a half weeks after my arrival because, although Tainan…
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