The Modern Toilet Restaurant!

Well here's the post I said I would make about the toilet restaurant! Yes that is a bathtub with a piece of glass over it as our table and yes our chairs were real toilets (well not ones that are used now:)

This is what I ordered from the restaurant! They're just mozzarella sticks, but they were served in a urinal! Unfortunately none of us got anything that was served in a mini-toilet, otherwise I would have gotten a picture of that. It was awesome though!

This is a flavored shaved ice with raisins and candy and marshmallows and ice cream and nuts in it (served in an urinal also). It was actually quite delicious! All six of us who were there shared two of these and we still didn't finish.

These were the sinks in the bathroom there! It was actually a little disconcerting to wash my hands from a spout from a toilet ;)

Overall it was a pleasant experience at the Modern Toilet Restaurant! I have no idea how the teachers before us discovered this restaurant, but it's definitely one to be remembered :)

You Should be Jealous of Me :)

Happy Independence Day! There happened to be fireworks and a big celebration here in Changhua on July 3! We made it our Independence Day party!

Look at this gorgeous sunset we saw on our way to see the fireworks!

This is the entrance to the huge celebration! We honestly have no idea what they were celebrating, but there were thousands of people there! I wish I could have gotten a good picture of the crowd, but alas I did not.

Look at the awesome dancers in front of the Big Buddha!

If you're looking at the Big Buddha and then turn around, you get a panoramic view of the city of Changhua and the fireworks! (There actually ended up being fireworks set off right behind the Big Buddha too, but I did not get a good picture of that, because I was recording it and I can't figure out a good way to upload the video)

Me in front of the Big Buddha! It really is so huge! I love it!

This is one of the dragons protecting the Big Buddha!

We stood here for a long time watching the people play in the fountains! The water was moving according to the music that was playing! I decided I wanted to play in the fountains, but the moment I decided to, they turned off the water.

Self-portrait in front of the Big Buddha and fountain!

The temple behind the Big Buddha! It's gorgeous and so colorful! The details are amazing!

The Buddhist Temple Near our Apartment!

This is a Buddhist temple beside our apartment complex! It's beautiful!

See the tall building on the left?! That's where we live! We have a three story apartment that starts on ground level. It's nice! I like it!

Some details of the temple!

Inside the temple on the first floor!

This is on the second floor!

Look at that detailed carving!

I loved the way the light is shining through the glass!

The sunset!

Is it sad that even though I really don't like this picture, this post felt incomplete without a self-portrait?! ;)

Taiwan-The First Two Days!

On the airplane almost to Taipei! A very happy moment after such a long plane ride!

This is in the city of Taichung, (a neighboring city to Changhua!) Look at all of those scooters! They went on for a long time.

A common street scene in the city of Taichung (besides me:)!

We think this is a sign for an election, but we're not sure. I think it's funny how big his head is compared to his body.

I love the little blue creature on top of this gas station!

We ate lunch at Costco one day and this is inside of it. Look at the cool escalator in the background that you can take your cart on with you :)

I like the curvyness of this bridge!

We ran into fairgrounds in Taichung! We thought the pink statue in the background was humorous :)

A scene from the nighttime!

All of these pictures were taken in Taichung (except the first one)! Don't worry, I'll take pictures of my city too!

I love it here so far! It's an awesome place!

I plan on doing a separate post for the Modern Toilet Restaurant! :)

I Heart the Sky!

This is in Virginia on one of the last days I was there!

This is on the airplane back to Utah!

This is in Utah!

This also is in Utah!

Isn't the sky beautiful?!

I Miss Virginia!

But mainly I miss my family there.

Thank you Lara and Glen and Spence and Cami and Emma and Adam and Ellie for letting me stay with you this past year!









I am so grateful for the time I spent in Virginia and being able to see Lara and Glen and family everyday and to see Pete and Mika and family and Matt and Karey and family about once a month or so. You all are awesome!

(Sorry some of the pictures of me are kind of scary) (Also I didn't get pictures with everyone. Please don't feel left out :)

College of William and Mary!

The day after I went to Baltimore I went to Williamsburg to meet up with one of my friends from Utah. I met my friend, Amanda, at the Prime Outlet Mall there and we wandered around for a couple of hours. (And no, I did NOT buy anything.) I parted ways with Amanda and one of her other friends who met us there.

And I decided to drive through Colonial Williamsburg and then I stopped at the College of William and Mary. Here are some of pictures from the day! Unfortunately I did not get any pictures with my friend.

This is the style of all of the buildings on the campus of the College of William and Mary! Isn't it beautiful?!

Walkway between buildings!

I think this was the administrative building or something! I really liked this building!

Me in front of the administrative building thingy!

The huge fields in the middle of the campus! (You can see people in the picture that look like dots. It shows how huge the fields are!)

Traveling alone, I take lots of self-portraits! Hope you don't mind ;)

Don't worry I was stopped at a light when I took this picture :)

The drive home! The drive to Williamsburg and back was the longest road trip I've been on by myself. Honestly I kind of liked it! I chose whether to crank up the music or have silence, whether to turn on the air conditioning or roll down the windows.

Thank you Glen and Lara for letting me use your car so that I could make this little trip to Williamsburg to see my friend!