summer 2015

July 5, Sun.

lunch at Cherry Valley, 宜蘭→林美石磐 Trail
accommodation: TATA田園度假會館 ($1800), owned by my husband's colleague
There’re 3 typhoons in the ocean. Luckily, the weather was on our side, and we got 90% sunny days!

July 6

宜蘭→砂婆礑 Headwaters, Hualien→戴記扁食+海埔蚵仔煎+楊子萱愛玉+包心粉圓

accommodation: 東方之星 ($1980)

It's the 3rd time my children traveled to Hualien. This time we visited different places and enjoyed hotel facilities.

July 7

龍澗 Popsicle→Jade Valley (翡翠谷)→液香扁食→七星潭

accommodation:明心左岸 ($1800)

慕谷慕魚 was closed because of Typhoon Linfa, but it'd actually been SUNNY! We'll come back soon! After eating popsicles, we went to nearby Jade Valley instead.

July 8

lunch at 歐鄉→知卡宣 Park→液香扁食+五霸包心粉圓+一心泡泡冰

accommodation: Parkview Hotel ($3580, breakfast)

What a coincidence that the room number was my birthday!

July 9

Hualien→南方澳 prospect point→I Cake Museum→visit my uncle
We arrived at home before Typhoon Chan Hom. My husband and kids got tan. My kids and I got a lot of mosquito/insect bites. They all itch a lot and some of them are swelling.

July 13
Felix started swimming class this afternoon. It's a group class of 6 kids for 10 days. Coincidentally, the teacher was my husband's student and I met 3 of my colleagues who also took the children to the class. My husband and Regis were in the water and I stayed by the pool.
The water was deeper than Felix's height. The teacher put some benches in the water so the little kids could stand on them. After 70 min class, my children stayed to play in the pool. By accident, Felix missed a step and fell down the benches. He can't hold his breath yet. He sank and waved his arms around vigorously. About 5 seconds later, finally he grasped my hand! I thought he'd be so scared that he wouldn't want to get into the water again. To my surprise, he went back quickly!

July 19, Sun.

We planed to camp with my college classmate RYJ and her family at 喝納灣, 南庄 today. They went up from Kaohsiung, we went down from Taipei, and we met in the middle. On the way to the campground it started to rain in the afternoon, so we decided to cancel it. After we talked and had coffee and these 4 boys had fun together at the coffee shop of the campground, we went home. Really nice to see my old friend.

July 26

We’re all sick. Felix had had a slight fever since July 17 and he’s had a cough. Too bad we stopped swimming lessons. A few days later, we all have a cough one after another. My husband even had a fever. Besides, I had red eyes and have had eye discharge for about a week or so. Every morning when I wake up, my eyelids feel sticky, and I realize that there’s a gooey pasty substance coating the area along my eyelids. And then, Regis got the same symptoms, but he’s slight. Hope we get well soon.
Almost 6 year old Felix picked the flap book for a prize for 15 days without wetting his bed.

Aug.6, Thu.
home→Kaohsiung by high speed train ($1115)

This summer whenever we travel, typhoons join. Super Typhoon Soudelor is coming tomorrow. We planed to go camping with my college classmates Ko-Shin and Yali in 澎湖 for a week and our cars would go together by 台華 Ship. The ship was about to set sail from Kaohsiung at 23:30 tomorrow. Too bad it's cancelled.
My sis invited us to her daughter's 3rd birthday celebration. My kids and I arrived in Kaohsiung this afternoon. My husband teaches summer classes and my in laws have stayed at our place since Aug.3^rd, so he didn't come with us.

Recently, Felix's become interested in paper folding.

My husband drove his parents back to 雲林 on the 11^th. After staying at my sister's for 5 days, I went to 雲林 with my kids too.

Aug. 13, Thu.

Taichung→home

We visited Logos Hope book fair at Taichung Harbor with my parents.

Aug. 17, Mon.

Taichung→Kaohsiung

We went down to my sister's with my mom today.

Aug. 18

Kaohsiung→Liuqiu (小琉球)

accommodation: Star Moon Villa ($6500, BBQ+breakfast+2 scooters)

We all got tan!

The tidal flat walking adventure was so much fun! We saw sea cucumbers, starfishes, turtles, hermit crabs, and a lionfish, etc. But, brittle stars were everywhere! Regis was scared to walk along.

Aug. 19

Liuqiu→Kaohsiung