This week feels like the first peek into springtime in Taiwan. Over the weekend it was warm, about 80 degrees Fahrenheit, and then as the week progressed the temperature dropped to 50 degrees and it has been raining practically nonstop. On Monday night, I woke up around midnight thinking my upstairs neighbor was moving furniture around. Then a huge thunderclap hit and I realized that the rumbling I was hearing was the storm outside! I watched the lightning bolts flash right outside my window. It was without a doubt the loudest thunder I have ever heard. I didn’t get great sleep that night!
Taipei is very urban so I don’t get to see a ton of wildlife. We have lots of pigeons and other small birds as well as many neighborhood cats. I am not really sure if the cats have a home nearby and are allowed to wander the streets or if they are strays. Most of them aren’t that scared of people, though!
