A one-night family trip to Wunuan Zoo in Yilan, with stops at the King Car Biotechnology Aquaculture Science Center, the Yilan Park of the National Center for Traditional Arts, and a stay with a sandpit and splash pool.

A stay at Tokyo DisneySea Fantasy Springs Hotel, covering the booking process, transportation, the hotel itself, room details, and our Happy Entry experience.

After our summer trip to Baishawan, our daughter kept asking to go back to the sea, but somehow we ended up at YUN ESTATE HOTEL in Tamsui instead. The apartment-style room was spacious and the family facilities were solid, though a wrong dinner order and a midnight system reboot made the stay more memorable than expected.

Our daughter hadn't stopped talking about Songlong Waterfall since the first trip, so back we went. This time: the Yuehsan Trail, Tian-Ti-Yen, Chinglong Waterfall, and a stop at Yoshan Tea on the way home.

Our first mountain trip with our four-year-old — hydrangeas in full bloom, a waterfall, suspension bridges, and a stay at Ginkgo Hotel in Xitou.

The final day of our Fukuoka family trip: we flew home from Fukuoka Airport, with some closing reflections on traveling with our daughter—how she did with eating and with walking on her own.

Day 4 of our Fukuoka family trip: a private charter day touring the Kyushu Natural Animal Park (African Safari), where we rode the Jungle Bus to feed lions, elephants and camels up close, then visited Lake Kinrin and the old streets of Yufuin in the afternoon.

Day 3 of our Fukuoka family trip: we visited Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine, touched the sacred ox and drew a daikichi fortune, tried the famous umegae mochi, then headed back to Tenjin to browse LOFT and enjoy the evening illuminations and German Christmas markets.