CNY Trip to Middle of Taiwan
Saturday, February 09, 2008

This year CNY, i am not alone... i went to my relative's mother (nanny) house in Changhua 彰化 on Tuesday night.

Aunty and uncle went to picked me at Changhua railway station and brought me to have famous Changhua meat ball 彰化肉圓. i had another bowl of soup 貢丸湯. The meat ball is really nice, i changed my bad impact on this dish after i tried once in Taipei.

Nanny stays in the hostel of National Changhua University of Education 彰化師範大學. This is nanny's house and the surrounding area.

A big thank you to my friend in Changhua QZ for bringing me touring around Changhua on the next day afternoon. Changhua is a beautiful historical city with small population. There are a lot of historical buildings around the city including temples and old colonial buildings. The weather in Changhua is very nice, no raining and not so cold compared to Taipei.

We went to Ba-gua Mountain 八卦山. The huge buddha statue is the landmark of that tourist spot.

A creative design, you can change the colour of the "flower mural" by changing different flowers on the slots.

After that, we went back to have our own reunion dinner. It was nice to have to opportunity to have reunion dinner oversea with my far relatives, so warm and happy. I got an red packet from Nanny as New year's money 壓歲錢压岁钱.
On the first day of CNY, we had the dumpling for breakfast. It is the tradition of Nanny's family from China... Ha, actually we made the dumpling together on the night before. We then went to visit cousin's family, an aborigine family in Miaoli 苗栗. The place is very scenic and beautiful, really a good place for stay. They were very friendly and served us with lots of delicious foods. Their friendliness kept us warmed in this very cold weather.