Seesters on their Way!

Well, it's official: my sisters are somewhere in the air between Los Angeles and Taipei! I have waited patiently, and now that the time is here, I am getting very nervous! I'm obviously excited to see them too, but I'm really starting to wonder how they'll like Taiwan and how well Tina will sleep (my guess, not well!). It's just a little pressure hosting your only two sisters!

Thus far the schedule is pretty set, and since I don't think I'll get a chance to update my blog while they're here, I'll outline our trip right now. Tonight, Thursday, they land in Taipei at 8:30 and I will meet them and bring them back down to Taichung. Tomorrow they will come to school with me for our half day before the start of spring break; they get to meet all of my little darlings and even get to play SAT Math Jeopardy with 10th graders. Friday night a bunch of coworkers and I will take the sisters to our favorite Vietnamese seafood restaurant for some Taiwan Beer and deep fried soft-shell crap (um, YUM!).

Saturday will bring lots of goodies, especially for Melissa! We're going to hit two pearl/jade markets and then dinner somewhere that night- perhaps up the mountains at a place we refer to as the "Mushroom Palace." Then Sunday we take off for Tainan, a smaller city South of Taichung about 35 minutes by high speed rail. We'll spend the night, return to Taichung on Monday, and fly out to Beijing on Tuesday!

Now I can't give you an itinerary on Beijing because I'm not going to be planning anything once we're in China: I had to plan all of the Taiwan stuff! So we will see what those days bring, but I'm sure we'll see the Great Wall, The Forbidden Palace, and Mao (his body is perserved for viewing...).

If I can, I'll try to post some pictures before we leave Taiwan on Tuesday, but that will depend on how busy the seesters keep me! Wish us/me luck!