I’ve really noticed how many people there are in China nowadays. Today alone I have seen 50 kids and about 30 babies, not to mention all the people that surround you in a regular basis.

It’s also kind of weird that at breakfast in the hotel, random Chinese people will just sit down next to you and there usually isn’t an open table to eat at. Today’s breakfast was good and everyone managed to find a seat relatively close together.

After breakfast we went to exchange some money at a bank across the street, but we soon realized that it’s a long and complicated process that took around 30 min. This made our tour guide, Julie, a little worried about our schedule but we managed to get to the terra-cotta warrior and horse museum on time. It was really cool to walk around and to see all the warriors and chariots.

Afterwards, we hung out in a coffee shop eating ice cream and bonding. We then went to lunch at the museum where there was a buffet with a lot of great food, and you could watch the noodles being made.

After lunch we went into the gift store to buy some things and I accidentally told a shopkeeper that Andrew was going to buy something that he didn’t want (sorry Andrew).

We then went to the Small Wild Goose Pagoda where we wandered around for a bit and got to ring a bell three times for 5 RMB. Dinner was another buffet that was really great and had fries with tomato juice, aka ketchup. After dinner we came back to the hotel and we went to go find a place to play soccer and a place to pump up the ball. As I’m writing this now, we’re waiting for griffin and Izhan to return with their new haircuts, and for Charlotte to come back with the soccer ball so we can play a game.

Lots of love from China with Kim and the rest of the exchange group