Xi'an - what a place!

Hello again,
as promised, some details about our trip to Xi'an, one of the ancient capitals of China. Firstly, we stayed in a great, luxiourious hotel with sauna and whirlpool IN THE ROOM! We thought we'd push out the boat a bit after having stayed with spider roommated in Ping'an and around China before. It was well worth-it!

Secondly, and yet foremost, the weather was great and the city itself very impressive: apart from the Terracotta Soldiers and the emperors' tombs, there are numerous ancient pogodas (build 600 a.d. and yet huge), a city wall to cycle around on, yummy coffee and cake places, parks, and a very impressive tao mountain in the area, which is worth seeing.

Since it was a Chinese national holiday, we weren't the only people on the streets there... quite the contrary! We enjoyed watching people and life go by. It was nice to see that everybody seems to be out on the streets during their time off, just enjoying the moment.

As for usual, we took plenty of photos, which will be put online by tomorrow. For Ivano (and our other friends who don't find it worth bookmarking our photosite:)), here is the hyperlink

Enjoy and remember to leave some comments for us!