Two days ago V, our friend CC and I walked around Dihua Street and environs where the lunar New Year market was even more bustling than I had imagined. V and I even spotted a well known expat blogger doing the rounds. V called out to her that we followed her blog and I added that I found it gave useful advice. Dihua Street was obviously the power place to be for bloggers that day.
We wandered past a calligraphy stall where a master was unremittingly busy writing couplets and adding characters to pre-prepared backgrounds featuring dragons. We spotted several banners with couplets hanging out to dry. CC translated one that was meant to be placed like a roof over two other vertical ones. It read right to left, and had to do with a dragon introducing new ways. CC helped me order that set and we came back about an hour later to collect it. Although tomorrow we are saying a sad au revoir to Taiwan, with a dragon in involved, 2012 promises to be a challenging and rewarding year. Or as a feisty former classmate of mine might put it: quite a ride!
