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A new Lunar Year experience

Flying Dutchman - February 1, 2023

After leaving my native Berlin for good and return to Taipei in the spring of 1999, during almost all Chinese New Year celebrations I...

Culture

Crippled crook

Flying Dutchman - December 30, 2022

Despite Taiwan not being a so-called welfare state, one of the many good things about living here is the almost total absence of annoying...

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The younger brother that I never had

Flying Dutchman - December 24, 2022

Christianity´s most relevant holiday isn't celebrated here in Taiwan, and even less so after the first pro-independence government lead by Chen Shui-bian (born in 1950)...

Culture

Mixed feelings about the TES Christmas Market

Flying Dutchman - December 17, 2022

As I had previously announced, in my capacity as a food vendor I finally participated for the first time in a big event, a...

Culture

Advent notification

Flying Dutchman - December 9, 2022

For the first time in more than half a year, and since I resumed my regular activity on this project, this week I will...

Culture

Desert World Cup

Flying Dutchman - November 25, 2022

Probably the most controversial FIFA World Cup in history, since the first was hold in 1930 in Uruguay, started on November 20th in the...

Culture

Living in Taipei after the honeymoon is over

Flying Dutchman - November 18, 2022

If no radical geopolitical changes occur, I won’t regret coming back from Spain to Asia for a second time in the spring of 2021,...

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An evening at the German Institute Taipei

Flying Dutchman - November 11, 2022

The German Institute Taipei is located on the 33rd floor of Taipei 101, the tallest building in the world from 2004 to 2010, when it...

Colonial history

A short trip to Taiwan’s “Windy City”

Flying Dutchman - November 3, 2022

After a chaotic business meeting in Taoyuan and a very enjoyable visit to a foreign friend in Zhubei, on the evening of October 28th,...

Culture

How I asserted my rights as a tenant in Taipei

Flying Dutchman - October 27, 2022

I’m very aware of the fact that in Taiwan I can’t expect Western standards in many areas. Considering the bureaucratic overregulation on the Old...

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