Tumbleweed

Welcome back to Tumbleweed! I had put this blog post on ice for the last six months as we weren't traveling much and therefore there wasn't much to report on. But Ginny and I just returned from a 3+ week visit to Taiwan and South Korea so it seems like a good time to get the blog going again!  We were visiting Ginny's parents in Taipei (yes, they and all of Ginny's family are fine after the recent earthquake...thanks for the many messages!) and decided to add a side trip to South Korea since it's a fairly short flight from Taipei. We know Taipei pretty well as Ginny's parents have lived there for more than twenty years and we've visited many times during that period. Nevertheless, we always discover new things as it's such a vibrant and bustling city. One of the things that we really love about Taipei is how easy it is to get around. The city is very walkable and when we have to travel longer distances we take the subway which is very clean, affordable, ...