Exploration 探險

I think a lot of us who are really bicultural love exploration. No, I don’t mean reserving that seat on the 2020 flight to Mars. I mean looking for and learning about new things, curiosity 有好奇心. It’s getting excited about the different and enjoying the challenge 喜歡這種挑戰 of sifting the good from the bad.

Last weekend we went with friends to a distant ocean side town 偏遠的海邊社區. He speaks a non-Asian language other than English, his parents’ native tongue, fluently. Since he spent a year and a half in South Korea 他在南韓待了一年半, he has an interest in Asian culture. As we were walking on along the shoreline cliffs he was telling me he loved to walk along the sometimes quite vertical alleyways of Seoul, exploring the local shops and marketplaces. I had the same experience when I lived in Taiwan during my studies. I loved climbing up the mountain trails and alleyways behind my apartment building 很喜歡公寓後面山坡的步道與小巷 to explore what’s behind the next bend. Who knows what we will find next?

The 1st photo is of...well, loyal readers know who that is. The 2nd photo is taken by my daughter from her perspective.