Living in Taiwan, Learning Mandarin & More Travel Stories

In the video below, I was being interviewed for the Taiwanese national radio about my travels, my life in Taiwan, and my thoughts on learning Mandarin and being a polyglot.

In this second part of my interview for "Friday Happy Hour in Formosa", aired on the Taiwanese radio channel NER on July 28, 2022, the host Beverly Liu and I chatted about:

Taiwan

• How I got to move to Taiwan amidst pandemic quarantines and studied Mandarin there almost for free.

• The amazing people and experiences I met and made traveling Taiwan solo, including the most spectacular sunrise of my life and generous ladies and families who took me as a hitchhiker and invited me for meals.

Mandarin and Languages

• How my perception of my own language skills sometimes doesn't catch up with reality, how our language skills are relative, depending on whom we speak to, and what it’s like to learn Mandarin for Western learners.

• What happens in a brain that knows 7+ languages?

Travel

• How an ordinary girl from a small town in eastern Czech Republic traveled the world and learned 6 foreign languages barely having/spending any money - and how you could do it!

Travel Stories

• How I ended up living in a ski hostel, aka the madhouse, throughout the harshest of covid lockdowns while trying to finish my Master thesis, met a bunch of weirdos living their best lives against all the odds, and ended up having the best time of my life.

The talk is likewise available in podcast form on my channel "The Awakened Boho" on Spotify and Apple Podcast.

For Part 1 of the interview, click here.