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Floating Wishes to the Sky

During our week in Taiwan we took a day trip out to Yilan County, which is on the Pacific side of the island.  It was a great to see the more rural side of Taiwan that you can’t find in Taipei.  We visited the brand new Yilan museum, ran around on the beach, hiked through a rainforest (sort of), and painted our wishes on lanterns that we set free to the sky.  Hands down one of the coolest things I’ve ever done!

Experience What You Wanna Do and What You Haven’t Seen Before.

I do advice everyone studying abroad to make full use of every day, especially weekend, to get out of their room and experience the unknown world. For example, I made myself a rule of eating different food/snack every day in school. So until now, I’ve never bought the same snack or eat the same dish at the same restaurant.

Credit to my host Mom, who was so considerate to ask me what I want to experience and took so much trouble to really realize my dream. So here we go!

Midnight in Paris

The next stop on our institutions trips was Paris. I have been to Paris before when I was younger, and wasn’t all that impressed. However, after watching Midnight in Paris I had a whole new view of Paris. We had two meetings while we were there, but luckily got tons of free time. I am so happy that I got to go back to Paris, and see somethings that I didn’t get to check off last time. I also can’t wait to make my way back to Paris, and continue the never ending bucket list of things to do in Paris! 

Remember the Fifth of November

November 5th is a national holiday here in England: Guy Fawkes Day, also known as Bonfire Night or Firework Night. These other names should give you a clue as to what happens on that night. Guy Fawkes was caught trying to blow up parliament of the fifth of November 1605, and in celebration of the king and parliament surviving this attempt on their lives, people lit up bonfires all over England, and the tradition has stuck.