Bye bye Toucheng Leisure Farm, see you next time(?) !

The end of my internship has come. 

Almost 7 weeks, exactly 47days.

Dozens new people met, hundreds new flavours tasted, 

thousands impressions experienced,

unknown but enormous amount of new abilities learnt.

And I still want more!

Being Taught While Being a Teacher

To be honest : taking part in the Toucheng Leisure Farm's Summer Camps 2012 was the first time in my entire life to spend whole days with kids younger than 13 years old.

After all, I'm really grateful for that opportunity!

The Turtle Island

Last Sunday I and Christina used the opportunity (and tickets) given to us by 

Tina - the farm's manager and our 'host mum' : we took a cruise around the Turtle Island. 

Luodong Night Market

Explore Asia without going to any Night Market? It's almost a sin. 

Visit at this place should be the first position on everyone's 'To Do' list 

while staying in any Asian country.

Summer Camps at the Farm

Summer Camps Season has already begun at the Toucheng Leisure Farm! 

I spent 2 first weeks of my internship watching the farm's staff preparing the camps,

 but I didn't expect such an amazing effect!

National Centre For Traditional Arts

Thanks to the kind and friendly farm's staff members, 

I was able to visit National Centre for Traditional Arts in Yilan. 

The centre takes up about 24hectares on which there's a whole traditional Taiwanese street, a temple, a library, an exhibition hall and a residence.

Culture Shock on Discovery Channel?

At the very beginning of my stay in Taiwan I thought that nothing could really suprise me here. After watching so many TV programmes about foreign cultures and visiting most of European countries I considered myself as well prepared for 2 months in Asia.

Food, food and once again food!

What everyone should try at least once in a liftime is Taiwanese food. It's completely different from what I'm used to eat in Europe but really delicious!

Since I arrived in Taiwan, I've already tried what seems to me like hundreds kinds of food and I still find new ones to taste! Rice, pasta, vegetables, tofu and pork are the most popular ingredients and Taiwanese can serve them in so many different ways!

If you don't like rice or pasta - don't worry, you will find something else to eat, e.g. ...

Taiwanese dumplings served in many different ways: with pork or with curry, spicy or delicate ones.

Hello Taiwan! Nice to meet you!

Hello!
My name is Kasia and I come from Poland, Europe. This summer  I’m gonna be one of three interns residing at the lovely Toucheng Leisure Farm and updating this blog!