Following the Taipei 101 tour, we had lunch in the gigantic food court that was chalk full of people. Most everyone had Indian or Chinese food, except for Peter, who had McDonalds. After lunch, we took the Metro to the end of the line (Xiangshan) and walked to Elephant mountain. On the way, we found a really cool park and Madeline had a ball going down the slides over and over again. The hike up the mountain was about 18,000 steps, which was fun for Mike as he carried the pack and the stroller, but Madeline hiked up most of it without flinching. At the top, the views of Taipei 101 were pretty cool and being at sea level made the whole thing pretty easy. Afterwards, we headed back into town and went to an all you can eat Japanese buffet called Shin Yen with WenHo and Lorene. It was pretty good (the fried chicken especially) and fun to get a little flavor of Japan. The kids all got paper hats at the end too. Afterwards, we headed home and fell asleep hard (on those super hard beds).
TAIPEI 101
XIANGSHAN PARK
ELEPHANT MOUNTAIN