Babel School in Taiwan

December is always a month of Christmas preparations and Holiday celebrations. Not much "schooling" with books, pen and paper is done. December is the time to spend with family. Last Christmas was really a family time as even Zosia joined us at the beginning if the month. Before the Christmas preparations started Ania had an "exam" for the scouting badges. I wrote about it extensively in Polish in my last post HERE . The whole experience still makes me feel somewhat mad and disappointed. To receive scouting badges children need to pass exams!  Photo credit: 新店童軍團 Photo credit: 新店童軍團 Preparations for the Holiday season started with cleaning the house and making a few Christmas cards. Before Zosia finished her two weeks of quarantine, there was an annual Christmas party for Polish people in Taiwan. I wrote more about it in Polish HERE . The closer it got to Christmas the more work in the kitchen had to be done - making and decorating gingerbread cookies, baking cakes,...

It's almost middle of December and I still haven't posted what we've been up to during the previous month. Weather in November was totally unpredictable, one day cold and rainy and next very warm and sunny. Unfortunately the big scouting hiking trip happened to take place on the very wet and cold day. Ania had to go through fast running streams and slippery mud. She had water in her wellies, but didn't complain even for a second! Fortunately another scouting outing in November was in a better weather and in the city.  Beside the scouting outings in November, we took a day-long family trip to a small town in Yunlin 雲林. We visited a towel factory there and admired the amazing murals for which the town is known.  (All scouting photos are from other parents.) Grandma Bear Towels and Xinglong Towel Factory Kitty School and Cats on the Roof  Huwei Papermaking Village In Huwei it was peanut season. The peanuts were being brought placed in front of the houses on on the streets ...