A stay at The Ho Hotel in Hsinchu, covering the NYCU anniversary dinner, the room upgrade, parking, breakfast, and a few small drawbacks.

A stay at Hotel dùa in Kaohsiung, covering its convenient location near Formosa Boulevard Station, the spacious room, breakfast, and a few small drawbacks.

A family trip to Kaohsiung during the Children's Day and Qingming holiday. Weiwuying Dinosaur Cool Park, a night stroll through KW2 and Pier-2, the Children's Art Museum, the National Science and Technology Museum, and Kaohsiung Music Center.

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.

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.