Below are the pictures shown for our breakfast for the day.
The Taipei 101 Tower of Taiwan is the tallest building on Earth. Its height above ground is 509.2 m. This includes the 60 m spire; the building also holds the record for the highest roof (440 m).
The Taipei 101 Tower contains the world's fastest and most comfortable elevators. The building is thrilling to look at, an impressive tribute to steel, glass and incredibly clever engineering. And yet the design clearly reflects the local Chinese culture; for example, there are eight canted sections, eight being the lucky number in Chinese. Each section is embellished with a traditional Chinese symbol of fulfillment, the symbols being large enough to be visible from the ground.
in this picture, I am standing next to one of the 4 "mascots" for taipei 101. i like the red colour cos it matches my t shirt
here's the view from the 91st floor. the cars and people look really really tiny, i tried to use the spyglass but it doesn't help. much.
Vibrations are damped by suspending a massive steel ball weighing 606 tonnes; steel is a wonderfully dense material; the volume of an aluminium ball would be some three times as large, which is intolerable for such an elegant design. The ball is suspended from the 92nd floor to reduce lateral vibrations. The ball is in fact made from a stack of steel plates of varying dimensions. It is connected to pistons which drive oil through small holes, thus damping vibrations. (The ball is just behind me if you stare really carefully at the picture)
above is mummy's lunch.
mine's below, i think it looks more yummy than mummy's
it doesn't look complicated, right?
here we see Mummy's favourite stop in the entire holiday - Cold Stone's Creamery ice cream. Daddy tells me they mix and crush the ice cream + the ingredients on a cold stone... hence the name... 
