Day 4

Day 4:
Just like clockwork, Andrew and I are up at 3:00 am.! Today we will be going to Taipei 101. For breakfast, we had honey buns (from home) and cold pizza. Brooke slept until 7 am. She is a good sleeper! We hope this continues. She hardly moves all night long. We went to out AIT appointment. This took four hours! They were very nice. There were many Taiwanese trying to get a Visa to come to US. They were also waiting along time. I don’t think our government is very helpful to others wanting to come here. You could tell that they were all frustrated!
We then headed to Taipei 101. It is huge! We went to the food court first. Andrew and I ate at KFC, They had a picture menu that made it easy to order. I had chicken wings and pop corn chicken, which was very good. Andrew had chicken nuggets with a special Asian sauce, which was also good. Byron ordered a chicken sandwich, but said the sauce tasted funny. He and Mei-Rue also ordered some kind of chicken and noodle soup. Andrew and I both tried it. It was not that bad! Taipei 101 is the tallest building in the world and has the fastest elevator in the world! From the top, you could see all of Taipei! Mei-Rue went to a bookstore called Page 1. They have earphones you can get to hear everything in English. The man giving these to us said, “Many people have come to him saying Byron looks like John Travolta!” After Taipei 101, Mei-Ru took us to the market. She showed us various things. The fish here comes whole. She said this is how they can tell how fresh it is by looking at the eyes. They have lots of food that is the same, like the cereal. Then we went to the produce section to see different types of fruit. Some are the same. We really enjoyed the bread store and looking at the different types of breads. Squid bread, seaweed, ect

Next, we went to the Martyrs Shine. It is very big and beautiful. Andrew enjoyed the pond. Byron and Andrew climbed the 85 steps up to the shrine. While I stayed down with Brooke and Mei-rue. We talked about the different things about Taiwan vs. America. We also purchased some souvenirs.

It was getting dark so we headed home. Brooke did great the entire day! For dinner, we had cold pizza and M & M’s, and Pringles! Brooke had her first bath, cried for about 10 mins, and went to sleep. Brooke started smiling at us today! She has not smiled since we picked her up. She has not seemed unhappy, but not happy either. Andrew is doing well and has been playing and reading to her. Byron and I started to pack and went to bed about 10pm.