EVERTHING

Hey everyone, I can't read my previous blogs because I'm having to send them to Cally to cut and paste to my blogs. I still haven't finished our time in Shanghi, but I want to tell about today,because I'm getting behind. Everyday is filled with so many new experiences that I want to write down to remember what I've done. Today we left the hotel at 7 am to fly to Xien. I mean EVERYTHING in Shanghi was new for the World Expo. This plane we flew in was super new. The meal was quite different on the plane. It was warm rice cereal, pigeon eggs, bean shoots, a roll with fish cheese and thank goodnes for watermelon. We knew we had changed cities as soon as we got off the plane. This was the China I thought I was going to. Xien is a city of 9 million. It is the start of Chinese history, where the first dynasty started. Where the silk road began 2500 years ago. We saw mounts in the distance of tombs that they havne't excavated yet. Archiology (bad mispell) is new to this country.Most things only started around 1978 at the end of the cultural revoluation. We went to the sister city to a museum--it was great like a peaceful garden-lovely plants and trees. The best part was people watching out in the streets. Everyone loves looking at us. You can tell not many Americans come to this town. The street was tree lined with bicycles, mopeds of all sorts, carrying people, vegatables and objects, small vans, cars all mixed in together, I have NO idea how they keep from killing the bicycle and walkers in this country. WE had the best time talking with the school children as they walked by. One boy had his nephew in arms. He had on the baby clothes they wear with no behind cover. Old men were on the streets playing a game like dominoes. We had fun buying ice cream and trying new flavors. On the hour bus ride into the city I rode in the front seat and was totally entertained. There are No lines for traffic, just move in and about how every you want to, big buses, small cars, people walking and bikes. Wild. We have a great hotel, 4 star. I took a nap and then we went on the crowded streets of the busy city. Much dirtier.