Drive to school

Well I know a lot of you have been wondering about transportation here in Taiwan. So since today was pretty uneventful I can take the time to show you. Here in Taichung you have several options including: Bus, Taxi, Car or scooter. With an international license that you get from AAA for $15 and your drivers license you can drive either a car or a scooter up to 50cc. If you have a motorcycle license then you can drive any size scooter or motorcycle. Here the easiest and more important cheapest option is a scooter. Driving a car is rather difficult mostly because of the lack of parking for cars where as scooters basically can park where ever you can find a place sidewalk included. Those who do drive cars end up illegally double parking a lot.

While it looks and sounds pretty scary people here are very used to scooters everywhere so in a way I think it is actually safer to drive a scooter here than it is back home.

Also while we Skyping, Cindy saw Hannah's helmet and thought it was super cute and told us to post a picture of it. So here it is:

Here is a video I took from the back of the scooter while Hannah drove to school this morning:

Today I had my elective class 103 practicing listening and speaking. Hannah did not have her elective today so she went and read by a nice garden/pond that is located on campus. Here are some pics of the campus now that I have gotten to explore it a little more.

To the far left in this picture you get a glimpse of my favorite spot on campus. There is a raised area with an awning that overlooks the pond. I like to sit with my back to one of those poles right next to the water and read. There are hundreds of fish that are easy to see since the water is very clear. Its beautiful! -Hannah

well that is all for today. until next time.
Love Phil and Hannah