Day 4 Fun In Traslation

We spent Sunday in the Science Center (and then traveling back to Taipei to our next “home-away-from-home”). Joshua had a great time leading us to and through the museum and even when he had no idea where we should go, he confidently lead the way. The dinosaurs were a huge hit, since the museum had not only a bunch of bones, but also a few dinosaurs that were animated. They even had a parent and child T-Rex which took turns roaring. Of course an entire museum with only about 10 signs in English was a bit of a challenge for some of the family, but we managed.

It seems that in Taiwan there is a McDonalds on every street corner and even in every large store. Of course there was one in the Museum and so we stopped. We have eaten more McDonalds on this trip than we have had in the past year.

All of the children were excited that we were coming to Taipei – especially Joshua who kept asking how far we had to go on the ride back. Sarah slept a good part of the day, but the boys had a lot of fun in the car on the way here. It seemed like they had known each other for years.

Joshua speaks Mandarin with just a little bit of English, and up till today we always had someone around to translate which was very handy. Tonight we had our first taste of life without a translator which was a lot of fun. The whole family is learning another language and we had plenty of laughs as everyone mispronounced everything. This will be a great experience and we’re all going to learn a lot as this family comes together. I wouldn’t trade it for the world.