Today was great! This morning we flew to Xi'an. The flight was super nice, the lunch was really good and the flight felt fast. We got to meet our local guide too, his English name is Tony. After he gave us some info on the bus, we went to the Wild Goose Pagoda. It was beautiful and we got to see Buddhist monks. The surrounding temples were really beautiful too, but unfortunately we couldn't take any pictures on the inside. Nicole made up for it though by taking lots of dynamic photos. Next we went to a museum. There were lots of different types of art. The paintings were gorgeous and so life like that even our cameras recognized them in smile mode. After getting to see masks, paper art, and learning about the Chinese zodiac we got to practice calligraphy. That was really fun, and some people did really well, like Mikayla and Ande, theirs were really neat. A little later we asked the guide to write our names. They look so cool and sound cool too, for example Mikayla's translated to “plum OK happy”. After a short trip, we went to dinner. It was a vegetarian restaurant, I liked the food. Some were brave enough to try the new interesting food, and generosity to let us know what it tasted like. For example Alex was trying the an edible bowl, and Mr. Chimento asked what it tasted like. Alex decided to use his descriptive intelligence and say “It has a crunchy crunch feel.” And Mr. Chimento, after trying the edible bowl, replied, “It's like edible air!” After dinner, everyone was happy to get to the hotel. It's better than our last hotel, it's so roomy and smells nice, Mrs. Archer's room is awesome and huge. We had a pow wow then agreed to meet back later. Travis went back to his room to chill. Amanda went to the massage thing, while Kym, Wes, and Alex walked around downtown Xi'an. They walked from gate to gate! Nicole and I chilled in our room while Ande, Mikayla, and Erica went to the convenience store across the street. Erica had a very epic fail. At the convenient store, she wanted to buy a bottle of water. So Erica picked it up and started walking away so the convenient store workers started yelling at her in Chinese. Everyone could definitely tell that she was a tourist. We're just hanging out now, until 10 (curfew time). Well, I hope you enjoyed our blog. Good night or morning or afternoon or whatever, let's just stick with goodbye. Bye! ~Olivia & Mikayla
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