Typhoon is coming!!

We are really enjoying Taiwan despite the rain, rain, rain! It's rained almost non-stop since we arrived in Taiwan on Friday... and we just found out that a typhoon is coming Wednesday! The rain doesn't stop the Taiwanese: athletes exercise, military men practice, scooters speed down narrow streets, vendors sell goodies, and plenty of people briskly walk up and down the sidewalks with their colorful umbrellas! (They are a bit pushy, too! Rachel said that it's not rude to push people out of the way!)

What a day we've had! We relaxed this morning and watched Micah after we took a walk in the park. Then after lunch, Rachel took us to Micah's doctor appointment. It's not unusual to pay just $6 to see the doctor! Micah is doing much better now.... he had a bad bug bite and a little sore throat, but the doctor gave him a little hand wrapping and liquid cough medicine.

Then Rachel took us to the subway and we visited an underground mall! Jason tried a bread stick for only 10NT (~$0.35), compliments of Rachel! We each posed in front of our favorite art hangings near the rest room. Colorful, eh?

As we walked down some side streets, we spotted a bakery with samples! Jason tried a light pastry for 35NT and I tried some grapefruit tea that was delicious! We ordered the tea all by ourselves! We also bought a few gifts for Jason's parents at a stationary/book store.

Matt & Rachel stay so busy! Matt is a great Dad and a great worker. He gets an A+ as a dish washer, diaper changer, Christmas decorator, and cleaner-upper. Rachel stays busy watching Micah, working as a TV star, tutoring in English, preparing & buying food for meals, keeping the house clean, exercising, and daily washing numerous loads of laundry! She and Matt are great hosts!

Uncle Jason, Aunt Liz, & Micah are bonding quite well. Uncle Jason loves to make funny faces and sing the "Mr. Micah" song and Aunt Liz loves to feed Micah and hold him close.

We had a great supper Monday night of salmon, sugar peas, yams, dragon fruit, rolls, and veggies! Matt also decorated the apartment for Christmas!