Apartments are a little like computers. Once in a while you have to upgrade a little something when the old one just isn't good enough anymore.

We recently updated from Closet 1.0, which has served us - reasonably - well for the last three months and looked like this ...

... to the new and much improved version 2.0, which we had custom designed and looks so much nicer:

Two of the three front sliding doors are decorated with artistic renderings of Ivy's and my last names:

The inside is quite simple with five shelves and three drawers on each side and a hanger compartment in the middle.

The middle part also features a mirror that can be folded out on rails:

After about two days of heavy venting the fresh closet smell is finally disappearing, so all the clothes that are currently scattered around the apartment in bags and trolleys will soon be ready to move in. :-)

On our long list of things to do during Chinese New Year was a trip to 太平山 (Tai ping mountain), one of the most popular destinations in Taiwan. Everything was planned out well with the exception of the one thing you can never plan: the weather.

Of course the little cold and rain wouldn't stop us from hiking, so here are a few photos from our umbrella hike. One day we're going back there and we'll return with a myriad of beautiful photos of mountain and ocean views, sunrises, sunsets, and seas of clouds!

The entrance to the 台灣山毛櫸國家步道 (Taiwan Beech National Trail) in 太平山 (Tai ping mountain).

Parts of the trail have these funny little stepping stones, apparently a tribute to the wet weather conditions in the area.

Hiking the 太平山 台灣山毛櫸國家步道 (Taiwan Beech National Trail in Tai ping mountain) by rain.

The 太平山莊服務站 (Tai Ping Mountain Villa Service Station), a refuge from the cold and wet that day.

One of the huge riverbeds in 宜蘭 (Yilan). During really bad weather they can actually flood but in drier times they are used to grow watermelons.

A field of famous San Xing spring onions (三星蔥). Legend has it that if you steal spring onion from there you're going to find a good husband. (It doesn't say anything about good wives, so I only took the photo, not the actual spring onion. ;-)

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Now that we're already vaguely planning our next trip it's about time I uploaded the final batch of last summer's Switzerland photos! This one is from an easy and rather short hike that took us from Arosa to the Schwelisee and finally to the Aelplisee. Despite the easiness the scenery is beautiful!

You can find the GPS track over at GPSies and there's a link to more photos from that trip at the bottom.

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