In the search for the best pizza in Taiwan, I visited a small eatery called Hot Pizza in Tainan (窯烤披薩). I had originally found this place while looking for where to eat in Tainan. It's received quite a bit of positive reviews from locals and foreigners alike and being a pizza lover myself I knew [...]
The Taiwan lantern festival is an annual celebration that occurs in Taiwan to mark a very special time in Taiwanese culture. While living in Taiwan, we have not been able to experience the joy of the lantern festival due to timing; I was pregnant in Ecuador for the 2016 lantern festival, just a few months [...]
There's always so many things to do in Taiwan, which is one of the reasons why we decided to relocate and live here. Whenever we get a chance, we like to explore the country and any events or activities that are currently running. On the 30th of January during the Chinese New Year 6 day [...]
This month we were lucky enough to celebrate our second year wedding anniversary as well as celebrating 10 years together as an official couple. January always holds a special place in our hearts because the 8th of January has always been our anniversary. We also found out we were pregnant so it's a pretty big [...]
2016 was a big year for the both of us, filled with so many memorable moments. Just thinking about 2016 makes me tear up. Maybe I'm just more emotional but looking back on the best of 2016, it's been an incredible year with a clear focus on family and travel. It feels like time went [...]
Living in Taiwan and having very little to no Chinese skills, we decided to watch a lamaze class series online in English. At 37 weeks pregnant, we made the decision with our doctor to have an induced labor. As we knew when we were expecting the baby to arrive, we wanted to make sure that [...]
Our friend in Taiwan who recently had her baby boy in February this year shared with us a few tips on how to get free baby stuff completely in Taiwan specifically when you are pregnant. Being 35 weeks pregnant, I was in the middle of buying baby items when I found out from our friend. [...]
When I turned 25 weeks pregnant, I went into my local medical center for my monthly routine checkup with my doctor. At my previous appointment, I was advised that I would need to come in at 24 weeks pregnant to complete a sugar water blood test, otherwise known as the glucose tolerance test. The glucose [...]
Two weeks ago we booked a fetal morphology scan for our baby here in Tainan and at 23 weeks pregnant, we were finally able to do a proper ultrasound of her to make sure everything was fine. This was the perfect time to also do a 3D ultrasound, which was included when doing the fetal [...]
Now that we had settled back into Taiwan, we had the opportunity to attend a few events happening in the area. One of them was the Dragon Boat Festival held every year in Taiwan. The Dragon Boat Festival happens on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month and this year it landed on the [...]