The Joys and Sorrows Of a Life At Sea

A cold front just passed over Taiwan, it rained a bit (naturally in the most inconvenient time; I’ll get to that) and it turned cold. It’s actually quite warm even hot during the day, but the shower tends to be quite cold. We first thought that we’ll have to do something about. We could warm a cattle of water on the stove and pour it into our „sunshower“. But Jana, who gets frost bite even when taking a yogurt out of the fridge, proclaimed that it’s not necessary, that we can take it, so instead we got used to the cold water. It might turn even colder before we leave, so at least we’ve got a solution for the cold problem.

It’s overcast today and it’s looks like it might rain again. We didn’t feel like getting out of bed in the first place, so we decided that today is intellectual work day and we are catching up with backlogs.

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