Things I will miss

As we have spent our final days in Taiwan saying goodbyes, packing up and finalizing all sorts of odds and ends, I find myself sadly thinking "this is the last time I will ___ in Taiwan".  Here is a list of the things I will miss about living in Taiwan:

• Taiwanese breakfast - dan bing especially
• The people at the restaurants/shops we frequent - they know us, they know our orders, they greet us with great big smiles.  Sure I can order my tea in broken chinese (yībēi lǜchá bàn táng) but when I see our tea guy I just say "one" and he knows what I want, or if I say "two" he knows I want my order and Jeremiah's (oolong, not green, tea).  And I have no doubt if we went down there right now, Allen at Thai Yun would feel safe betting $100 that we would order the Yunan style tofu.
• Tea: green and bubble tea - zhēnzhū nǎichá
• Geckos living in my office
• Mango, dragon fruit, guava, passion fruit
• Lo bao gao
• Taiwanese people in general - we've been continually amazed at the generosity and helpfulness of complete strangers.  
• Cheap and easy health care
• Day and night markets - the food, the fashion, the bargains
• Scooters - we've been without our scooter for about a month now and Jeremiah especially has missed it.  Pre-Tegan the scooter was the fastest and easiest way to get places, and to park!
• And of course all our friends we have made during the last 3 years - we will miss them most of all.

With such a long list there is really only one thing to do - come back and visit!