We are not lottery winners, we didn't rob a bank or anything like it. Right after our arrival to Taiwan we started to look for apartments to rent. We decided on one that fits our needs of: space, neatness, near a metro station, relatively near Catalina's school, and of course in our price range. After 3 visits to the apartment and a whole week of negotiations we signed the rental contract last Saturday. We'll be moving into our new home on Sep. 1st. Well, here comes the funny part. Like most rental agreements, you have to come with F-L-S and that of course is always a lot of money. We don't have a bank here yet and the landlord doesn't have an international bank account, which makes impossible to make a bank to bank transaction. So our only option is to call our bank in the States and ask for a 24 hr raise in the limit of money we can take out of an ATM. The highest currency here in Taiwan is the $1,000 NTD (new taiwanese dollar) bill which is a little over $31 USD. So here is Andy holding, and sleeping on $160,000 NTD which is just half of all the F-L-S (do the math). Yes, Taiwan is a very expensive place to live.
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I did the math, and YIKES! Glad to finally see you guys on the blog. Miss you all. Hope Cata is enjoying school. What is church like out there?
Catalina loves school. After reviewing all possibilities we ended up putting her in the American School. We are very happy. Church is awesome. We attend the only English ward here in Taipei and we really like it (people are super nice). We have Canadians, Americans, Philippians, American-Taiwanese, and so on attending our ward. Our Church meetings are held in a beautiful building right next to the temple.
Woo woo, you're in the money! =D Lol. Miss you guys and can't wait to see and hear more about your daily adventures learning and living in a new country!!
Okay... I LOVE those pictures of Andy!
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