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!
