Europe travel
France travel
Travel
Paris travel- Eiffel Tower and Arc de Triomphe
The most recognizable symbol in Paris is probably the Eiffel Tower, with the Arc de Triomphe second. Previously, my mother and I had appreciated the Eiffel Tower from afar, atop the Montparnasse Tower, but on our third day in the city we went right up to the tower. But before that, we had coffee at […]
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Book reviews
Books
Taiwan
Book review-Lord of Formosa
Lord of Formosa is a historical novel about Taiwan I read earlier this year. The lord is Zheng Chenggong or Koxinga, a Chinese nobleman-warlord who seized Taiwan from the Dutch in the early 17th century. Often overlooked, this was a period of time covering several decades when the VOC (Dutch East India Company, a Dutch trading […]
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Travel
Getting started
I’ve been blogging for a long time about different things, but this is my first travel blog. I figured I would set this up since I enjoy traveling and taking photos, and I really want to spotlight the countries, cities and places I’ve been to. In particular, I enjoy exploring cities, visiting famous landmarks and […]
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