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February 28, 2024 My Chinese course was over, and a new course would begin in 10 days; so I used this opportunity to travel back to Sydney for a week. I took the opportunity to visit the University of Sydney. (Note that this page is really only for non-Sydney origin readers; readers such as DannyContinue reading “University of Sydney, Australia – from Wandering Richard (http://wanderingrichard.com)”

January 20th, 2024 Today we visited Huì Guó Market (惠國市場), near International House. In the above Google Map, Huì Guó Market is indicated by the red oval; it’s too insignificant to be given a marker at this level. Huì Guó (惠國) translates as “benevolent country” on my computer – I’m sure there is a reason toContinue reading “Huì Guó Market, Taipei – from Wandering Richard (http://wanderingrichard.com)”

November 26-28, 2023 The academic semester was over, and I had a little less than a week before starting a new semester. The weather was cooling off, though I was still going without my jacket. Red leaves started appearing on the tree below my window; winter was coming. I planned to visit Pénghú (澎湖), anContinue reading “Pénghú – from Wandering Richard (http://wanderingrichard.com)”

October 8, 2023 國慶日快樂! (Guóqìng rì kuàilè!) Happy National Day! On a whim, as I was dressing, I decided to go to Bitan (碧潭), on the Xindian River near International House. The Google map above shows Bitan as very close; I’ve walked there before. However, it was raining (though the temperature I estimated was inContinue reading “Bitan – From Wandering Richard (http://wanderingrichard.com)”

September 29, 2023 中秋快樂! (Zhōngqiū kuàilè) – Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! You can read about it in Taiwan Public Holidays. Just think, it has been over four years since I first came to Taiwan. The weather is cooling off. The mornings are without the heat of summer, though in the heat of the day the temperature isContinue reading “Fulong – from Wandering Richard (http://wanderingrichard.com)”