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2nd Day in Taipei

After breakfast, we bought our EazyCard at Family Mart, went to MRT subway station and charged those cards. It was easy as the machine had both Japanese and English screens. First stop was Taipei 101, which is the tallest building in the world. Mo and papa went to the observatory, Ton and I stayed on the ground, wondering around the supermarket. Had lunch at food court. Oh you have to be very aggressive to get a table.... Took some walk to an open art area, but couldn't find the entrance, so gave up, went to Ice Monster for break instead. Off course there was a waiting line, mostly Japanese, but we could get in shortly. Huge shaved ice we couldn't finish. Joke is, they have shop in Tokyo, too.

We met up with a family friend for dinner at Hangzhou Xiaolong Tangbao (杭州小籠湯包). Long line outside, obviously family friendly, took your own spices, drinks, and appetizers, and there steamy dim sum arrived. 

After stuffing ourselves, we head to Ningxia night market (寧 夏夜市) by MRT. Kids played some games, hit a small park on the way back, enjoying meeting with friends again. Thank you very much Kuwabara family for hanging out with us.

Photos here.

Videos following:
Choo Choo Train in Taipei 
Mo playing game at Ningxia night market

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