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On Friday night we went out to eat to a place the others described as ‘hot pot’. Basically, in the center of your table there are two tubs of broth at a boil and you stick meat or veggies into it to cook it and then you eat it. Some of the others in my room did not like it, but I was having a grand ‘ol time. It may be that they were eating meat and did not trust it while I was just eating veggies. Oh, and the room was nice enough to segregate the meat tubs of broth from the veggie tubs.

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The weather

The weather has been nothing like I expected.

First off, hardly any rain. I do not think it has rained since the end of the first week and everything that I saw said that on average, Xi’an gets about 4 inches of rain in september. I am guessing that we have had at most 0.5 inches. It’s a good thing I brought all of the wet weather clothing! But, you know that if I did not, it would be pouring everyday.

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One week left

Somehow two weeks have flown by and I am now counting down the days before I have to try and figure out how to pack everything to come home.

I am not sure if I am going to make it when I get back. The meals are made for me here, I just have [...]

Who is Alice?

For those of you who noticed Alice submitting comments correcting my chinese assumptions, you may be wondering who she is. Alice is my chinese tutor here and she is going to college studying english. She has been teaching my helpful phrases like ‘you are beautiful’, ‘what is your phone number’, etc. ;] I [...]

Xing Qing Gong Park

Firday morning I went to the Xing Qing Gong park in the east part of Xi’an. It looked like a huge park on the map so I decided to visit it.

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Differences

I thought I would share some differences I have noticed while living here. Please note that this manily applies to the areas of Xi’an that I have visited. Continue reading Differences

Buddhist Temple

Stephanie, Marisa and I went to the Buddhist temple earlier this week. It was very calming and spiritual.

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Terra-Cotta Soldiers

Last sunday a small group of us went to see the soldiers and it was very amazing. Our tour guide said that if you come back in 10 years, the museum will be completely different because they have found over 600 pits that have artifacts in them and they have just barely scratched [...]

Lost in translation

I have not seen too many sings that have english on them, but I have found a few that were worth sharing.

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Foot massage

I mentioned in a previous post that I got a foot massage last week. The place is two doors down from our homebase and the massage lasted for 1.5 hours and cost 40 yuan (or about $5). They have other massages (like full body) but the others that have gotten them have not liked them cause they get beat up too much.

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