Bob Dunn's Abbotsford Real Estate Blog

We Start At The 7-Eleven There are two high schools, two middle schools and two elementarty schools within a few blocks plus several day care schools, English schools, cram schools and at least one dance studio. Catholic Girls High School   Outdoor Buffett and a few shops   Can You Tell What This...

I was excited when I found out we where going out for a Hot Pot Dinner tonight. As it turned out it was delicious but it was not what I expected. At home a hot pot is a cast iron pot brought to the table steaming hot with succulent vegetables, meats, seafood and vegetables bubbling in a black bea...

There are millions of scooters in Taiwan and there use is unlimited. Its not unusual to see a family of three or four on one scooter. Mother or father at the wheel. One child on the seat behind, one child on the front of the seat and one standing on the floor. Add to this the assorted containers ...

Six hours on my old dogs with a three and a half year among ten acres of children books, games, computers and entertainment and I survived.  Can you imagine Bob in a shoulder to shoulder crowd like below? Neither could I but I did it and enjoyed it.    The Taiwan Book Fair is Asia's largest and t...

  Here I am in visiting my Son and his family in Taipei and spending my downtime developing my blogging skills. I invite you to stop by my blog and read about my experiences and my comments about life in Taiwan. Makes your comments and ask questions. I’m looking forward to developing tons of rela...

The Morning   For breakfast I had Kirkland brand Organic Raisin Bran with real cow’s milk and a cup of blueberry yogurt. That felt so good I had a toasted sesame bagel with Kirkland brand Organic Peanut Butter made with peanuts grown in the USA and KNOTT’S Berry Farm Strawberry Jam.   COSTCO ROCK...

Dancing the Taipei Tempo This post is about the living tempo I’ve experienced in Taipei the few days I’ve been here but I want to start with a position statement.   I take the position that the best way to do life is with Expectancy but without Expectations. Okay I’ll explain. My state of Expecta...

I don’t think of myself as a picky eater and there was a period thirty years ago that I ate in Vancouver’s Chinatown four or five times a week and learned to order several of my favorite dishes by their Chinese names. The foods I’ve seen in the open markets are “interesting” but I’ve been hesitan...

Lets Start With a few Pictures of my View Building Construction Concrete, Brike, Tile, Marble (all hard surface materials seem to be the norm) Bob's home is in a six story building that would be sought after because it has an elevator. Elevators are not required in five stories building. As you c...

I don’t think of myself as a picky eater and there was a period thirty years ago that I ate in Vancouver’s Chinatown four or five times a week and learned to order several of my favorite dishes by their Chinese names. The foods I’ve seen in the open markets are “interesting” but I’ve been hesitan...