My Fulbright Year in Taiwan

I saw kids trick-or-treating on the street Friday morning. It looked like a preschool class. They were all dressed up in a variety of costumes, from witches to princesses, superheroes to monsters. They were visiting stores in the neighborhood. I imagine that the schools arranged the activity with the stores beforehand, because trick-or-treating isn’t well-known in the community at large. Still, I think I witnessed the beginnings of a trend.

We observed Halloween in an unusual culinary way. First we pretended to be vampires and ate blood. This is a traditional Chinese food, but we thought it was especially appropriate for the day:

Then we ate pumpkin ice cream. It did not taste good. Needed some allspice.

Then we went home and watched a scary movie. Happy Halloween!