The year flew by with such incredible speed that it is hard to believe that we are leaving already. It was a great year (14 months to be exact) for us, we met so many nice people, found new friends, got to know a completely foreign culture, learned a new language (well, a few words at least), learned a lot about the fascinating geology of this island, had a very fruitful year in scientific aspects and above all were blessed with a wonderful daughter!
Before leaving, we had several farewell dinners to enjoy the delicious Chinese food and to spend some last evenings with our friends.
Mong-Han gave us a book about Confucius and - which touched us deeply - a hand-painted calligraphy of our Chinese names:
Here is En-Chao with his sweet little daughter, who at the beginning was a bit shy with all these 外國人 (wai-guo ren = foreigners), but finally gave us a wonderful smile.
A relocation company was picking up our boxes to send them to Germany:
And after the last farewell from all our friends, we mounted our airplane from Taipei to Hongkong. There we had enough time for Kamil to enjoy a beer, before continuing our journey to Zürich and from there to Berlin.
Anna was an angel during this long journey! Except for the first flight from Taipei to Hongkong, when she cried sometimes (might she have felt the parting from her birth place?), she slept a lot and was completely happy. A true globetrotter she is!?
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