Xian Day 2

We began our second day in Xian by visiting the city wall....
which is 600 years old. We went on top of it and rode rickshaws...
we gave our driver a work out. We then went to the Shang Xi Museum of History. It was amazing. We had lunch and then we visited the Wild Goose Pagoda...which is a working Buddhist monastery. It has about 32 monks living there. It was very interesting. I enjoyed listening to the various song birds that were hanging in cages around the grounds.

When we finished we headed to the airport to fly out to Wuhan. We sat down to eat at a diner in the airport, where I asked for change for a 50 yuan bill. The young girls working there had been flirting a bit the whole time, and so when I asked for change...they said they could give it to me...then they said the couldn't...it was confusing...then in all the confusion I yelled out...."BUT, I'M AN AMERICAN!!" Everyone looked shocked at first...then saw us all laughing and had a good laugh about it! It was a high point of the trip, needless to say. haha.

Our driver of the rickshaw, earning EVERY yuan taking us around. (He was grunting the whole time...but as you can see in the picture, always with a smile)

Several scenes from the wall of Xi'an. (We are on top of the wall)

Several images from the museum.

Scenes from the Wild Goose Pagoda & monastery

Worn OUT at the airport in Wuhan...

Yes, "I'm an American...."