The First Week and First Night Out.
Our first week here was interesting to say the least. The city is very different from anything we have ever seen. It was hard to get past the poor air quality, the crazy traffic, and the unbelievable "signage" that we were obviously unable to read or understand. However, we got used to it pretty quickly and soon, were able to start appreciating the many good things. This whole transition was made much easier because of our "buddies", Michael and Laura. Michael and Laura both teach at Cornel (Michael at my school, Laura at Allison's) and they were asked to show us around town and get us familiar with our new surroundings. They turned out to be two of the nicest, most sincere and easiest to get along with people we had ever met. They took us to amazing restaurants, showed us all around, and helped us to understand more about this new, bizarre place we found ourselves in. They remembered the overwhelming feelings upon first arriving and so, were not pushy to try and show us everything at once. They made us feel very comfortable, welcomed, and made our overall introduction to Taichung, a good experience. Thanks Michael and Laura!
Our first weekend here, most of the teachers were going out for a "goodbye" party. We obviously chose to join them and proceeded to have our first drinking experience in Taiwan. The night proceeded as any night would and we had a good chance to meet some of the people we would be working with. We had some drinks, met some people and had a good night. Everything seemed normal until we woke up the next morning with the worst hangovers we had ever had. Looking back, we realize that our bodies were not used to the heat and we were pretty dehydrated. The combo of dehydration and getting boozed is never a pretty result. The whole 'worst hangover of our lives' thing would have been o.k. if we could have laid around all day on the couch. However, we had to attend a school function which was quite possibly the VERY LAST PLACE IN THE WORLD, we wanted to be. Please see above!
Our first weekend here, most of the teachers were going out for a "goodbye" party. We obviously chose to join them and proceeded to have our first drinking experience in Taiwan. The night proceeded as any night would and we had a good chance to meet some of the people we would be working with. We had some drinks, met some people and had a good night. Everything seemed normal until we woke up the next morning with the worst hangovers we had ever had. Looking back, we realize that our bodies were not used to the heat and we were pretty dehydrated. The combo of dehydration and getting boozed is never a pretty result. The whole 'worst hangover of our lives' thing would have been o.k. if we could have laid around all day on the couch. However, we had to attend a school function which was quite possibly the VERY LAST PLACE IN THE WORLD, we wanted to be. Please see above!
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