a peek at our new home

this past week, I’ve been emailing back and forth with the wife who is currently living in the apartment Luke and I will move into. she has been super helpful in providing information about life in Taiwan, our new neighbors, and our new home [plus some pictures!]

we are lucky in that the school owns an apartment building for all the teachers to live in, and we don't have to find housing on our own. the building is only a 10 minute walk to the school, and backs up onto a large park complete with ponds, running trails, and a temple. I can't wait to explore our new neighborhood on morning runs and trips to the produce markets!

the apartment itself has one master bedroom with two smaller bedrooms/offices, 2 full bathrooms, a kitchen, a huge a living/dining area, nice wood floors and lots of light. I'm so excited to get there and move in [and take a hundred more pictures to share]. but for now, here are some of the photos the current residents sent us from when they moved in:

king size bed in the master

our kitchen: no oven, but super cool bright red cabinets

one of the offices

since we need to pack light most of our photos and artwork will have to stay in the states. I’m already dreaming up decorating ideas to make our home more “us”. we will be within walking distance of a Costco [for printing out digital photos], and a short bus ride from Ikea [cheap frames!] so it shouldn't be too difficult.

in other news, we have officially booked our flight to take off from Detroit on July 26th!  [that's only 80 days from now!]

hello, adventure

welcome family, friends, and random strangers on the internet!  this is a big moment right here: the first post.

perhaps it’s best to start with a little background information. I’m Jamie. Husband is Luke. and this summer, we are moving to Hsinchu City, Taiwan. Husband recently accepted a 2-year position teaching at a high school there. currently we live near Princeton, NJ [where Husband is finishing the school year in Philadelphia, and I am soon to be trading employment for a month of packing and driving our things to storage in Michigan.] mid-June we will be heading back to “the mitten” for time with family + friends before leaving for Taiwan at the end of July.

I’ve started this blog to chronicle life’s adventures leading up to and after our move to Taiwan. at this point I'm not entirely sure what all that will include... bits of our everyday life, travels around the region, experiments in the kitchen, attempting to learn Mandarin, my informal-rambling-run-on-sentence style of writing, etc etc. one thing I will promise is to share lots of pictures.

I plan to write here instead of sending mass emails, so feel free to subscribe using the links on the right sidebar, and leave any comments or questions here on the blog. [or you can email me directly at: jamiethewalker@gmail.com]

looking forward to sharing our adventures with you all!

xo
Jamie