Day 1 - Arrival at Taiwan, Pottery making and Old Ying Ge

After pottery making, we went to the old street of Ying Ge and ended our tiring day with a sumptuous steamboat dinner! We then headed to the hotel and all of us are in dreamland now. Goodnight!

制作了陶艺品后，大家当然也不忘到莺歌老街走一趟！莺歌老街位于台北的 近郊，堪称是全球全方位的陶瓷专业区，有“台湾景德镇”之称，拥有各式各样的陶瓷，其种类丰富齐备可为世界上绝无仅有，凸显出莺歌“陶瓷之都”的独特风 貌。大家漫步街头只见贩卖陶瓷品的商店鳞次节比，好不热闹啊！

The children enjoyed their pottery making sessions as it was all hands on! The soft feel of the clay, the speed of the turn-table and their creative genuises combined to make very interesting pieces of pottery! Many of them really concentrated on making their pottery pieces as they expertly guided their hands over the once shapeless clay and created them into their works of art.

同学们到台湾的第一项活动是亲手制作陶艺品。大致 来分，制作陶艺品有三个程序：成型、烘焙和上釉。同学们参与的是“成型”。成型分为几个种类，有注浆成型、盘绕成型、挤压成型以及拉抷成型。同学们做的就 是拉抷成型。同学们使用一个名为拉抷机的机器，踏一踏脚踏，机子上的盘就会快速转动。这时同学们便将手探进柔软的粘土里开洞，借助旋转运动的惯力让粘土向 外扩展，向上推升，形成环形的墙体。这么有趣的活动，同学们当然乐此不疲。

Our tour guides gave us lots of information about Taiwan and even explained why the 'Welcome to Taiwan' logo was designed in a particular manner. We proceeded to a restaurant for a yummy lunch before heading for pottery making. Many kids loved the mango dessert which tasted both sweet and sour and was really refreshing. (They also 'loved' their vegetables.)

当地的导游带领大伙儿来到了餐厅用膳。对许多同学而言，这是他们第一次品尝台湾佳肴，虽然如此，菜色都很适合大家的口味。





Greetings from Fantastic Taiwan!

Everybody arrived at the airport early for our flight to Taiwan. The eager faces and enthusiastic responses were evident as our Hong Wen pupils were so excited to board the flight. Other than the occasional turbulence, it was an enjoyable flight. We reached Taipei International Airport at about 2pm.