It's a beautiful day here in Xian. We have walked around in T shirts and shorts and have thoroughly enjoyed seeing a blue sky again. It's a vast contrast from our initial arrival when there was a brown haze that greeted us.
Today we had a late start and made our way to the city wall. There we hired bikes, some tandem, and rode the 14.7 km circuit of the wall. It was great fun, particularly given the idyllic weather conditions. After this we had a really wonderful lunch, one of the best so far. Dish after dish came out with the finishing touch being a plate of potato covered in sticky toffee. Sounds like a weird combination but it was delicious.
We are gearing up now for our overnight train journey to Beijing. Some of the girls are here with me in Starbucks and are going to leave a comment below. Sorry it's not everyone. I'll try and ensure everyone gets a chance to add a comment during our stay in Beijing. Be mindful that we will be out at the wall for two daqys and I may not be able to get access to update.
Ellen, Sarah, Casey and Chloe:
Hey there families and fellow bloggers! Ni hao from China Town. Just reporting back to let you know were all alive and well, even though we spent the night at an extremely creepy hotel at the top of Mt Huashan- which bought back memories of movies such as Vacancy, Saw and The Grudge. Exhausted, happy and increasingly muscular, but when shopping time comes we seem to find a source of energy from deep within and pull through. We have had our fair share of rice (Ellen says: Mum please have tuna casserole ready when i arrive!!!!), and soy sauce has become our new vegemite. Today we rode on tandem bikes and realised the meaning of 'double the fun'. Tonight however, we are being rather cultural and adventurous and opting for a McDonalds dinner. On the bus yesterday we had a little karaoke, and found our inner Delta Goodrems and our Michael Jackson dance moves. Sarah was the star of the show. We have found many different ways of entertaining ourselves, including our Chris Brown supplementary concert for Chloe and Steph. We're especially looking forward to Jess's Birthday! And shopping in Beijing of course (Silk Markets!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!). See you soon, Zi Jen.
Hey there families and fellow bloggers! Ni hao from China Town. Just reporting back to let you know were all alive and well, even though we spent the night at an extremely creepy hotel at the top of Mt Huashan- which bought back memories of movies such as Vacancy, Saw and The Grudge. Exhausted, happy and increasingly muscular, but when shopping time comes we seem to find a source of energy from deep within and pull through. We have had our fair share of rice (Ellen says: Mum please have tuna casserole ready when i arrive!!!!), and soy sauce has become our new vegemite. Today we rode on tandem bikes and realised the meaning of 'double the fun'. Tonight however, we are being rather cultural and adventurous and opting for a McDonalds dinner. On the bus yesterday we had a little karaoke, and found our inner Delta Goodrems and our Michael Jackson dance moves. Sarah was the star of the show. We have found many different ways of entertaining ourselves, including our Chris Brown supplementary concert for Chloe and Steph. We're especially looking forward to Jess's Birthday! And shopping in Beijing of course (Silk Markets!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!). See you soon, Zi Jen.
PS. Go Romy for losing your tooth :)
PSS. Congradulations for your skills in sheep showing jayden:-) mwa :-)
hi family! love talya
2 comments:
Hi Girls,
I'm glad you have some sunny skies at last!
Hope the train trip is good and that you're all having fun. Love to Casey. Raoul
We must have swapped weather patterns as we have had lots of rain here over the last 24 hours! Glad its good weather and hope it continues for your hike along the Great Wall. You sound like you are having a brilliant trip - what fantastic experiences you have had - including the overnight stay at the hotel at the top of Mt Huashan!! It will seem like a world away when you are back at school so drink it all in now so you have wonderful memories. Georgie F - am pleased to report Dad has recovered from his MAN COLD - but oh boy, there were a lot of sighs from him every time he sneezed or coughed! GO GIRLS!! Our love to you all.
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