Taipei 101

One the good things about having jet lag is that you wake up much earlier than you normally would. Nancy's Mom house is kind of in the mountains so it is very quiet and rural like. You can wake up to the sound of a rooster and these chirping insects. This is about 6:00am. The weather here is overcast and somewhat humid. Below is a video panoramic version of the front yard. It's not a beachfront view of the ocean in the Bahamas, but it's not a bad way to start your day. Assuming you like the natural country feel.

After we all got ready for the day we headed off to Taipei to visit Nancy's father. We took the subway there. As you can imagine, Justin was extremely excited about this. The subway trip took about 40 minutes one way, but it was relatively painless. Nancy's father and step-mom took us out for a great Chinese lunch. It was pretty fancy and Chinese food doesn't ever have that fancy feel to me. The service was attentive which is also not synonymous to Chinese restaurants. This restaurant would do well in Beverly Hills. After lunch her father and step-mom took us to Taipei 101...the tallest building in the world. The elevator is also listed in Guinness Book of World Records as the fastest elevator. It's pretty darn fast...1010m/sec...whatever that translates to English measurements I don't know. I do have to say that as you ride the elevator up to the top you can feel the atmospheric changes in your eardrums. I've been to the top of the Empire State Building and for some reason it didn't feel as tall. It's a beautiful building though...looks like Bamboo. The first image is what it looks like to look out the windows and to look below.The rest of these pics are of us in the observatory of Taipei 101. It looks like Nancy is making a phone call, but she is actually holding tour guide phone. You press a number on the pad and it gives you an explanation of that exhibit. This is me being stupid and forming the last numbers of 101. Family 101 minus Dylan...we left Dylan with her dad and step-mom below.Justin and I were looking through the binoculars. Pretty cool how strong they are. Just another perspective and view of outside. Here is Justin having a Hagen Daas next to his grandfather. It was a long day for everyone. Nancy and I were planning to go out to night market, but I think we are going to put that off to another night.