Coda

Taiwan was great. I got a perm and we visited Shi Tzu and Taipei (the national museum, taipei 101) before exploring the east coast of Taiwan which was beautiful, rugged, and highly similar to California's Big Sur. Paul spent much of Friday and Saturday fishing in a little pond, and we visited Ken Ting, the seaside beach town.

My last rotation was dermatology, which was very educational and relaxed. As a class, we are currently in our last block, a lecture course called Coda...which I like to imagine as a crash-course in how to be an intern. It is mildly surprising to me that despite the generous amount of unstructured time we have, how much can be consumed by errands and paperwork (for finishing school, for starting a job, and others for finding new housing etc.). I am looking forward to spending more quality time with my friends in medical school and making a few mini-trips. As I am doing some travel research (something that is paradoxically very entertaining and very frustrating), it occurred to me to jot down some travel life goals (general theme is seasonal attractions):

1) travel to southern oregon, see crater lake and try some pinot
2) see the waterfalls in yosemite during the spring
3) see the cherry blossoms in japan during the spring
4) see the meteor showers at Tuolumne Meadows in yosemite in august
5) roadtrip around lexington and concord, ma to visit Old Manse (home of emerson and hawthorne), Orchard house (home of alcott), walden pond, gropius house, etc. in the summer
6) see bats emerging from Carlsbad caverns in new mexico on a summer twilight
7) watch the kentucky derby with a big hat and a mint julep
8) visit Reykjavik, Iceland