We woke up early and went to the Presidential Palace for a tour of the building and grounds. We could not bring anything in with us and the guard with the gun didn't seem happy that I took his picture before putting my camera away. (One of the Taiwanese teachers had a connection and was able to get his camera inside - hence the few pictures you see here.)
Afterwards, we went to the Martyrs Shrine. It is dedicated to approximately 330,000 men who sacrificed their lives to the overthrowing of the Ching Dynasty before the establishment of the Republic of China in 1911, and who fell during the Sino-Japanese war (1938-1945) and the Chinese Civil war (1945-1949). We viewed the changing of the guard at the memorial.
We went by this huge square with many large buildings dedicated to Chiang Kai-shek. There were demonstrations and lots of news crews. There is a national debate going on over changing the name of many areas dedicated to Chiang to names involving "democracy."
We went for lunch from there.
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