When they first came to the US in 1980, they still traveled regularly between the US and Taiwan. But quickly becoming used to the open spaces of Texas, "After only our third trip back to Taiwan, we found oursves unaccustomed to living there."
一九八○年早期剛來美國時，張允文還能跨著太平洋，台灣美國兩頭跑，可是在地廣人稀的德州住慣後，竟是「第三次回台灣就不習慣了」。