A First Experience

Last month, I visited another country for the first time in my whole life. I like traveling when I have free time and I barely had any this year. But thankfully I got some free time, so I decided to go to Taiwan. The reason why I chose Taiwan is that I've been wanting to visit it and it's close to Japan. I was kind of anxious about going alone, but Taiwan might be a good place to get my feet wet because I heard that you can use Japanese at many hotels and restaurants. I only booked a room at a hotel for the first night, but I didn't have any plan after that. The more flexible, the better when you travel by yourself, right?

First, I went to a university to gather information. I thought that students normally have some free time and are curious, so they could give me some useful information and ideas for my Taiwan trip. As I thought, they were friendly and helped me a lot. Having a chat with them was fun. Surprisingly, more people than I expected could speak Japanese even though they didn't major in Japanese. I became friends with a girl and she was so nice that she let me stay a night at her apartment. We only know some of the basic greetings in our language, but it was nice that we managed to speak in English. I had a lot of fun talking with her. She said, "I'm free tomorrow, so I can show you around if you like". Of course I said, "Really? That's great. Thank you!"

The next day, she brought along a friend of hers, Eric, who speaks Japanese, to have smoother communication. They were unbelievably nice people! They took me to some must-see attractions and even treated me for dinner. xD Traveling alone is fun, but always being alone can feel lonely. It's totally thanks to them that I really enjoyed the trip.

You can encounter such wonderful people. That's why I like traveling by myself. After coming back to Japan, I keep in touch with them. They told me that they want to visit Japan someday, so I want to show them around next time.

Thank you for reading. See you soon!

Hello Rio,

It sound like you had a great time in Taiwan, you were so lucky to connect with the locals and get the inside scoop. Just a few small mistakes. Nice writing.

Bob

A First Experience

Last month, I visited a other country for the first time in my whole life. I like traveling when I have free time and I barely had any this year. But thankfully I got some free time so I decided to go to Taiwan. The reason why I chose Taiwan is that I've been wanting to visit it and it's close to Japan. I was kind of anxious about going alone, but Taiwan might should/ought to be a good place to get my feet wet because I heard that you can use Japanese at many hotels and restaurants. I only booked a room at a hotel for the first night, but I didn't have any plan after that. The more flexible, the better when you travel by yourself, right?

First, I went to a university to gather information. I thought that relatively students relatively have some free time and are curious, so they could give me some informative information and ideas for my Taiwan trip. As I had thought, they were friendly and helped me a lot. Having a chat with them was fun. Surprisingly, more people than I expected could speak Japanese even though they didn't major in Japanese. I became friends with a girl and she was so nice that she let me stay a night at her apartment. We only know some of basic greetings in our language, but it was nice that we managed to speak in English. I had a lot of fun talking with her. She said, "I'm free tomorrow, so I can show you around if you like". Of course I said, "Really? That's great. Thank you!"

The next day, she brought along a friend of her, Eric, who speaks Japanese, to have smoother communication. They were unbelievably nice people! They took me to some must-see attractions and even treated me for dinner. xD Traveling alone is fun, but always being alone can feel lonely. It's totally (comlpetely) thanks to them that I really enjoyed the trip. You can encounter such wonderful people. That's why I like traveling by myself. After coming back to Japan, I keep in touch with them. They told that they want to visit Japan someday, so I want to show them around next time.

Thank you for reading. See you soon!