My Christmas in Taiwan

Christmas is over (and even New Years)  but I want to write about what I did on Christmas .
Did you know that in Taiwan Christmas is not a holiday?
Every has to go work or to school. This year even my Dad had to go to office .
Polish Christmas lasts three days, from Christmas Eve (Wigilia) to December 26 .
For Wigilia we prepare 12 different dishes. Among others there are: my favorite wild mushroom soup (or  barszcz - beetroot soup), fish, pierogi (dumplings with sauerkraut and mushrooms) and many cakes. We don't eat meat on Wigilia.

A HUGE salmon

Pierogi, I made them

Polish potato-egg salad, Mom's specialty. 

Walnut cake (no flour!)

Gingerbread cookies I made

 
But before we start eating we share Oplatek  (Christmas wafer) wishing everybody all the best.

Oplatek from Poland  

After dinner it's time to open presents. That's of course what I was waiting for.

What is it ?!

A Chromebook13!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Two Jazz CD's Charlie Parker an Current Hits In Bossa!

After all the presents are have been open we go to church for midnight mass fortunately in Taiwan it is at 10p.m.

I was serving at the Mass

On the evening of Christmas day we went to my friend Owen's Christmas party. There were many people, that we did not know, at the party. I played Wii with other kids.

On the second day of Christmas my grandfather and grandmother from Taiwan came.

Taipei 台北 - Tainan 台南 - Taichung 台中

This was a very busy week!

On Monday we drove to Tainan to meet with some friends.

On Tuesday we had 2nd Tuesday homeschooling outing with families from Tainan, Kaohsiung and Pingdong. We went to the National Museum of Taiwan Literature 國立台灣文學館 in Tainan. Many, many families came, but there were only tiny kids who made a lot of noise.

The inside of the museum. Cool, isn't it?

In the evening we had dinner with other homeschooling families in Taichung. It was boring. In the museum I have already read all the books I had brought with me so at the restaurant I didn't know what to do.

Wednesday and Thursday we've spent in Taipei - learning at home. I also had music and art classes.

And very early on Friday morning we left for Tainan again ... This time it was only a day trip. We went to the beach!

Today, Sunday, was a special day for Zosia - it was her Confirmation. The Mass was in a different church (not the one we usually go to) and it was in Chinese. It was a very long Mass.

Can you find Zosia and Mama? (©Jaś)