We thought we would treat ourselves to a massage after the big climb before heading to Xi'an - treat was not the word it was incredibly painful! She pulled our fingers and chopped our backs, she put so much pressure on my neck i was worried it might break, she pulled our hair and pushed pressure points so incredably hard, broken ribs and ruptured kidneys were not out of the question. I couldn't help blurt out the odd groan in pain which i wonder if she translated as satisfaction and worked harder? 5 days later my legs are still sore and steps are a problem!
We got the prison sleeper to Xi'an which is a train that sleeps 60 in one carriage in bunks three high. We were both on top bunk which at first i thought was a nightmare because you're so close to the ceiling you cant sit up and the air conditioning unit and bright lights are only inches away from your face, but it turned out to be a blessing once we realised it was an escape from the bottom beds which were taken over by everyone eating and jumping on each other, and a good nights sleep was had.
In Xi'an we are staying with a lovely Chineese lady called Cissie, It's been a luxury to stay in her house and be fed mooncakes for breakfast each day and learn about the place from a local. We have had fun learning to make and eating Chineese dumplings and live with a local. I've had a hair cut and we've done a little shopping.
Cissie is a teacher and asked if we would go to her school and take a couple of her classes which we did. It was hilarious, when we walked in they went quiet and we heard wispers of "wow" at the 'big nosed pinkies' coming into the class. We first told them a bit about ourselves and where we live, Glen drew an excellent(?) map of the UK and we answered their questions about England and ourselves, one of which was a request for us to sing our national anthem - we had to oblige!! can you imagine the two of us standing in front of 35 chinese teenagers singing the national anthem - we even got a round of applause!!
We hired a tandom to cycle the city walls which was so much fun and of course went to visit the terracotta warriers (Bing Ma Yong). It was amazing to think such a huge work of art was only found so recently and each warrier has individual features and held real fighting weapons. Seeing them lined up made me think how it might feel to face the real Chin army - it was incredible.
We got the prison sleeper to Xi'an which is a train that sleeps 60 in one carriage in bunks three high. We were both on top bunk which at first i thought was a nightmare because you're so close to the ceiling you cant sit up and the air conditioning unit and bright lights are only inches away from your face, but it turned out to be a blessing once we realised it was an escape from the bottom beds which were taken over by everyone eating and jumping on each other, and a good nights sleep was had.
In Xi'an we are staying with a lovely Chineese lady called Cissie, It's been a luxury to stay in her house and be fed mooncakes for breakfast each day and learn about the place from a local. We have had fun learning to make and eating Chineese dumplings and live with a local. I've had a hair cut and we've done a little shopping.
Cissie is a teacher and asked if we would go to her school and take a couple of her classes which we did. It was hilarious, when we walked in they went quiet and we heard wispers of "wow" at the 'big nosed pinkies' coming into the class. We first told them a bit about ourselves and where we live, Glen drew an excellent(?) map of the UK and we answered their questions about England and ourselves, one of which was a request for us to sing our national anthem - we had to oblige!! can you imagine the two of us standing in front of 35 chinese teenagers singing the national anthem - we even got a round of applause!!
We hired a tandom to cycle the city walls which was so much fun and of course went to visit the terracotta warriers (Bing Ma Yong). It was amazing to think such a huge work of art was only found so recently and each warrier has individual features and held real fighting weapons. Seeing them lined up made me think how it might feel to face the real Chin army - it was incredible.
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