{"id":80917,"date":"2017-10-10T16:08:03","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T14:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=80917"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:22:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:22:51","slug":"eefje-in-taiwan-1-fortunately-i-just-managed-to-fit-my-jar-of-peanut-butter-into-my-suitcase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2017\/10\/10\/eefje-in-taiwan-1-fortunately-i-just-managed-to-fit-my-jar-of-peanut-butter-into-my-suitcase\/","title":{"rendered":"Eefje in Taiwan #1: ‘Fortunately, the peanut butter fitted in my suitcase.’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dear Valerija,<\/p>\n

It\u2019s hard to believe that it\u2019s been four weeks since I landed in Taipei. Everything feels so familiar now.<\/p>\n

As a part of my research-based Master degree at ESHCC, I was granted the opportunity to study abroad for the next six months, and I chose to go to Taiwan, which is warm, friendly and very Chinese. By now I have had my first lectures, and I can find the most important buildings on the sizeable campus without having to consult a map. The latter may not sound like a big deal, but in actual fact, it is. Because while EUR is rightly proud of its Woudestein Campus, it\u2019s nothing compared to the campus here at National ChengChi University<\/a>, a.k.a. NCCU.<\/p>\n

You see, this campus was built against a mountain, meaning it takes me about twenty minutes to get from my room, which is located on the top of the mountain, to the classrooms, which are situated at the foot of the mountain. As you\u2019ll understand, cycling is not an option here, due to the differences in altitude.<\/p>\n

Another disadvantage of living on a mountain is that it rains considerably more here than it does in the rest of Taipei. I think I\u2019m the only student on this campus who doesn\u2019t have an umbrella, but my Dutch raincoat is serving me fairly well.<\/p>\n\n\t

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