Engrish

I'm going to keep a list of funny names we encounter here in Taiwan.  Aaron says that the Taiwanese choose an English name when they are in grade school and that's their name for life.  So, some of them are pretty interesting.  First off, Aaron works with a Peter Pan.  Of course when we gets emails from him it's "Pan, Peter" because Pan is now the last name.  hehe   At the 7/11 we met someone named Dragon and just now one of the hotel workers' name was Porsche. 

I'll also continue to take pictures of Engrish sayings like this:

That's all for now, but I'm sure I'll have more to share later!

Yes there are two bathrooms

This might take an hour or so before the video is available.

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Tokyo airport

The flight flew by! Ha! Aaron was able to sleep more than half of the trip, so he's wide awake and on his laptop working already. I slept about 5 hours and am now people watching. I don't think it gets much better than people watching in another country- It's just fabulous!







Oh and here's my snack from the lounge... Vegetable sandwich and a sushi roll with some oolong tea! Mmm...Mmm... Good!









Congee soup

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No turning back now...

Here we are in Atlanta waiting for our flight to Tokyo! We only had a few hours of sleep so we are ready for a nap on the plane. After the nap I hope that there will be some good movies available to watch. I must have packed my eReader in one of the checked luggage pieces so I am glad I decided to throw "The Girl With The Dragon tattoo" in my purse before we left so maybe I will finish that during the flight. First priority is sleep though...

I'll be sure to post as soon as we arrive in our hotel in Taipei! Until then...



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We'll be back soon...

Driving to Buffalo was exhausting! 4 meowing cats + 8 hours in a car = headache and exhaustion. The first 1.5 hours was awful. Poor Aiden made a mess in his carrier so we pulled over and cleaned him up and wrapped him in a blanket and he slept on my lap the rest of the trip. He had some excessive drooling issues but he's doing better!

This evening we brought Aiden and Connor to the nice couple who is taking care of them while we are in Taiwan. They just put their kitty down so they are very happy to welcome two cats into their home. Surprisingly Connor was out and about in their house! He is such a brave special needs kitty! We didn't see much of Aiden but I'm sure he's doing fine. He just loves people and he will warm up to the couple soon. There were definitely some tears shed as I left, but I know they will be fine...

Tomorrow morning we are meeting at Chrissy's for brunch prepared by Tom! Yummy... I can't wait! Afterward we will be oohing and ahhhing as Chrissy tries on wedding gowns! I can't wait!

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Packing for Buffalo and Taiwan

We are leaving in the morning for Buffalo! We're still getting our things together. Here are some of our bags...







 Although this is a bit stressful double checking to make sure I have everything I need for 30 degree snowy weather in Buffalo and 80 degree super humid weather in Taiwan, I can't wait to just be there. (not really looking forward to 8 hours in the car with 4 meowing cats!)

I'm looking forward to seeing the family too!  We're dress shopping with Chrissy on Saturday and I can't wait!  She's going to be such a beautiful bride!  I just love her!

{Dad Cooke, Aaron, Mom Cooke, Me, Chrissy, Katie} Sasha-not pictured  :-(

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Kitty bath time

Aiden was in need of a bath! He did so well and didn't complain at all! Here are some pictures of his experience...






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