CHANG CHUEN COTTON PAPER

Museums in Taiwan finally reopened when level 3 restrictions were downgraded to somewhere between levels 3 and 2, but the maximum capacity was severely reduced, so it took a couple months to finally score tickets to the wildly popular Shiota Chiharu exhibit at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum. This was the largest exhibition devoted to […]

Mama needed some rest and relaxation, so when Ashley told me about a special stay-for-one-night-get-the-next-night-free deal in one of the swankiest hot spring resorts in Jiaoxi, one of the rural townships within Yilan county, I jumped on it quick. Yilan is located on the northeastern part of Taiwan, an hour drive from Taipei. The influence […]

Yes, you’ll have to read to the end before finding out why and how we evaded the police. Our friends Ashley, Johnny and Alex invited us out for a day trip to Jiufen and Keelung, cities northeast of Taipei. Jiufen is one of the most picturesque spots in Taiwan with its red lantern strewn narrow […]

Wait, Judy, aren’t you the one who keeps complaining about the heat, but then you go on a day hike?? Umm, yes, but our friends, the Roy’s, are a very active family so any outing with them will involve some form of exercise, usually hiking. Jules and I braced ourselves for the usual onslaught of […]

Philip, Jules and I visited this tiny treasure in Taipei back in 2018. The museum is named after Chen Su-Ho, the founder of the Chang Chuen Cotton Paper company, who died in an airplane crash in 1990. His dream was to establish a museum devoted to paper, so a private museum dedicated to paper in […]

I’ve been trying to get creative in finding ways to entertain Jules during the soft lockdown here in Taiwan during the oppressively hot summer. Hey, kids, we’re not allowed to have more than four people in our home, but we have unrestricted access to air-conditioned mass transportation. You say train car, I say living room. […]

It’s been tough seeing family and friends due to the level 3 restrictions here in Taiwan, but we wanted to spend time with my cousin, Charles, and his kids before they move to New York in a week or so. So once again, Jules and I psyched ourselves up to be one with the heat […]