20150901 | Taiwan Day 11 - Taipei 101 (actually going up), Chiang Kai-shek Memorial, Swing in the Air

The weather finally looked up today, so we took the opportunity to quickly make our way out to Taipei 101 to get a view of the city!  Looking down from the 89th floor was fantastic, and the amount that could be seen was amazing.
Alex looking out into the city








The center of the building that houses the tuned mass damper


Their cartoon depiction of their damper, known as the "damper baby"










A look at their display back down in the lobby


After we had lunch, we considered going into the mountains, but decided against it due to the high forecast of rain.  Instead, we walked around the Chiang Kai-shek memorial and the National Concert Hall / Theater area a bit before heading home.
This is the National Concert Hall


The main quad area between the National Concert Hall and the National Theater


Some sort of scaffolding was being built in between.


Looking at the National Theater (left) and the National Concert Hall (right) from the Chiang Kai-shek memorial


The memorial






After seeing the memorial, we walked through one of the gardens that was at the edge of the grounds on our way to the metro station - This is one of their "windows"


The other shaped windows can be seen behind us


Another window design


After having dinner, we went out to "Swing in the Air," which hosts biweekly practice / dances / beginning lessons!  This was incredibly fun and I'm going to try to go out again on Sunday!  The rest of these photos and videos are by Alex!