Our son Paul, my sister Janet and her partner Nancy met us at the airport. We all overnighted at the Novotel Hotel near the airport and enjoyed cocktails and dinner together. On Thursday morning we took the High Speed Rail to Kaohsiung, about an hour and a half ride.
Paul rented a car and drove to a popular park nearby to hike
and see the Formosan
macaques, also known as Formosa rock monkeys.
They are the only native primates living in Taiwan.
The next day we headed to one of the schools where he
teaches English. We really enjoyed seeing his students.
Then we traveled about 30-miles out of the Kaohsiung
to Fo Guang Shan Buddha
Memorial Center. The visitor’s center had an interesting art piece made entirely
of old cell phones.
We met Ying’s family on Saturday and enjoyed sashimi for
lunch. After lunch we went to the wedding venue for the rehearsal.
We thoroughly enjoyed Paul and Ying’s wedding on Sunday, November 22nd. It began with Paul coming to Ying’s parent’s apartment to ask her parents for her hand in marriage. We were already there waiting for his arrival around 9AM.
After observing the traditional wedding customs, we all
departed for the wedding venue across town to attend the wedding ceremony and banquet.
There were about 60-70 family members and friends who attended the wedding and
banquet.
We thoroughly enjoyed the wedding. We traveled back to
Taipei on Monday, November 23rd and overnighted again at the Novotel
Hotel. We met Ying’s parents and brother on Tuesday at the airport and all nine
of us flew together on the same flights to San Antonio. We left Taipei at 1PM
on Tuesday and arrived in San Francisco about 10:30AM on Tuesday. The flight
was a little quicker with only 12-hours flying time. Then we connected to our
flight to San Antonio. It was Ying’s parent’s first time in the USA.
Steve & Julie Cornelius
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