Taiwan Sightseeing

We visited Taipei 101 today, (it's in the background of this photo). Up until 3 months ago, it was the tallest building in the world. It is a very cool looking building. One pic is attached.

We also spent several hours at the Holiday Market. This market is broken into 3 parts, (Hand Crafts, flowers and Jade). The flowers were gorgeous with fantastic prices however the pollen almost overcame us! Needless to say, both my husband and I have case of the sniffles.

The local crafts were beautiful. The detail and time spent on some of them just made you want to weep. We purchased a Chinese Zodiac porcelain wall-hanging for Drew. It is very cute and made for a child's room. It has all 12 of the Chinese characters for each year (i.e. Dragon, Pig, Rat etc). 2008 will be the year of the Rat. 2007 is the year of the Pig. We learned so much!

We tried out some of our Chinese as well. I was a bit nervous but our guide said we did well. She was very sweet and helped us haggle with the vendors. It was fun!

We ended our sightseeing adventure a little early because we were so tired and wanted to catch up on our sleep before picking up Drew. Before we went back to the hotel we stopped at Memorial Hall, which is a beautiful building. I will post more pics later.