Sorry I can't write too much to you because I caught a cold several days ago and what I do these days is sleeping. But I'll still write about your contents of newsletter.
This is the first time I saw the word "arboretum". I googled it and google says this word means a botanic garden which only collects trees. And I searched this arboretum on google map. It's very big! Or maybe it's very big for a Taiwanese person. Recently I feel like traveling to countryside. I want to go to some little towns or some forests to relax. I bet countryside in the U.S. would be a good choice. I might go on a road trip with my friends in the U.S. after I got my driver's license. I also want to visit countryside in Australia since long time ago. The living pace is so slow that I would never have to rush for doing something. Aside from forests and deserts, I want to visit some little towns in the Netherlands and Poland too. The buildings there all look like toy houses. Also, the Netherlands and Poland is not that big, so the access to big cities is not difficult. It makes me feel like I'm in a vacation instead of living like a savage person who lives in the deep woods. If I had a chance, I might consider buying a house there when I'm old.
In addition to traveling to Poland (I've already been to the Netherlands), I've always want to visit the Balkan countries and central Asian countries. Do you recognize such countries like Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan (nearly impossible to spell these names correctly in once)? Or even less famous ones that is not even recognized as a country such as Transnistria (near Moldova), Abkhazia (near Georgia) and South Ossetia (near Georgia)? I bet it would be very challenging to travel to these places because only a little people know them! Do you have any experience of visiting countries in eastern Europe or central and western Asia? If you do, please tell me your experience!
Going to these places is my dream. (Sorry about the map is written in Chinese)
Transnistria's location
South Ossetia's location
Sincerely,
Melvyn Chou, 15.06.2017.

Merevyn,
ReplyDelete\ I have a new adventure for you to consider: Look up RAGBRAI on the internet, and let me know if that is something that you might like to do. I will, tell you ahead of time that is and experience the you would never forget.
if it is something that interest you, we can start working on arrangements for next year's ride!
How about those apples?
Tim