Though Goedhart's eight years in Taiwan have passed quickly, he believes that the bridges reconnecting Taiwan and the Netherlands after 300 years of separation will be difficult to sunder. Goedhart himself certainly plans to maintain his connection to the island-at the beginning of the year he was struck with the notion of retiring here.
駐台 8 年倏乎即過，但在胡浩德心裡，台荷之間斷線三百多年的歷史情緣已被綿綿密密重新牽起，實在難以割捨。今年年初，胡浩德突發奇想，希望退休後長住台灣。