The year of the cow (or ox) is a bit more palatable than the year of the rat... at least when it comes to lantern designs. The 'rats' of last year were actually pretty cute, but when you stop to think you're looking at animated rodents, it just made me feel a bit creepy. So cows are a better deal! Since the Lantern Festival is held at the Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall we took full advantage of the 15 minute walk and took the kids out about four times to have a look. I'm not sure who liked it more - us or them! Tony and I really enjoy the buzz of living in the capital city and find these kinds of opportunities really rich!
Ahhh... aren't we cute!!! Most of the streets around the Sun Yat-Sen are lit up with these little fairy lights... it's a sensory overload!
The traditional drums are always a favorite with our little drummer boy.
They had a huge projection system going to create designs on the face of the City Hall... it was really quite impressive! Each night it changed.
Taipei will be hosting the summer Deafolympics so they had a big promotion out with the Lantern Festival. New Zealand is sending athletes to compete so they were represented, but can anyone notice what's wrong with the map in the background???
One night Hunter took his puppy out for a ride with him. This was a cool night with a beautiful full moon (that you can just see next to the tall building there)!
Of course there were panda lanterns too!!!
We were at the opening ceremony despite the rain!
One of the student lanterns we saw on the night before the opening ceremony... we were committed!!!
Monkey see, monkey do... Hunter ran toward the cows with his arms held up just like they were... it's pretty funny to see him mimic not only us, but inanimate objects?!? Is that in the toddler books?!?
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