Written by Kathy Luan (University of Michigan), Student Correspondent for CET Taiwan, Spring 2023 My first week in Taiwan brought so many exciting adventures. I celebrated my first weekend here with a trip to 象山 (Xiangshan) with my roommate! This day was the 228 和平紀念日, or Peace Memorial Day, which is a day that holds great significance […]
Photo Essay: CET Taiwan
Photos by Lilian Manning (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Student Correspondent for CET Taiwan, Spring 2023 A temple procession (神明遶境) by the Tamsui metro station. I walked past this procession with my old host family while we were getting lunch. Teapot Mountain photographed at an outlook over Yinyang sea. I was told the buildings are related […]
Photo Essay: CET Taiwan
Written by Abigail Ward (United States Naval Academy), Student Correspondent for CET Taiwan, Spring 2023 Hello from Taiwan! So much has happened in the first month! First and foremost, we moved into our apartment, which is about half an hour by bus from 台大 (NTU). A lot of the living spaces look like the picture— with […]
Underground Stamp Collecting
Written by Bayani Pascual (Bowdoin College), Student Correspondent for CET Taiwan, Spring 2023 To foreigners, at least, Taipei’s metro is famous. Known locally as the MRT or jiéyùn, it comprises a rainbow of different lines and more than 130 stops as it snakes its way through the city. In contrast to much of the public transport in the US […]
Photo Essay: CET Taiwan
Written by Tashi Sherpa (Middlebury College), Student Correspondent for CET Taiwan, Spring 2023 Here are some photos that capture my first 3 weeks in Taiwan! My first night in Taiwan, my local roommate took my housemates and I around to grab noodles from a food stand near our apartment. Then we also got an order of stinky tofu […]
Friends, Food, and Fun!
Written by Quila Gustave (Allegheny College), Student Correspondent for CET Taiwan, Spring 2023 Posing in 118 Street while admiring the scenery Coming to Taiwan can be an exciting and nerve-wracking feeling. CET helps with orientation, where you learn about the program and make friends! For me, on the day of arrival, I went to the CET office […]