XIAN - on my own.

Well, I'm in Xian now. I took the night train from Beijing. I slept in a tiny bed, without any space. I couldn't even sit up. But there was a nice boy sleeping next to me, and he spoke a little english. So he helped me with telling me where to go off, and so on... He was also going to Xian. But it wasn't the same as with Camilla right next to me.

The first day here, I was very tired, so I just walked around nearby the hostel. I live right in the center of the city. When I arrived, there were three other girls in my room. But they all left that day. So I got the room for my self.

The second day, I went to see the Terakott worriors. That's why I'm here, actually. To see the Terakotta army. I went on a group tour that I booked on the hostel. I really loved it. There were more than 6000 worriors there! Amazing... Worth seeing:) I took a lot of pictures.

Today, I rented a bike at my hostel, and went to the pagoda here in Xian. It was a beautiful park there as well. And a nice street with lots of restaurantes. So I walked around there for a long time. When I sat at one restaurante, it started raining really bad. So I figured I'd just wait for it to stop. And it did. But when I was on the bike, on my way home, it started raining again - really bad! When I got to the hostel, I was soaking wet! When I walked in the door at the hostel, everyone in the room all started laughing at me:) I was dripping. But at least I made some people smile for a while:)

After I changed my clothes, I went out again, this time with my jacket on... I went to see a couple of towers here in the city, and a mosque. I also ended up in a little street where people were selling all kinds of things. Lots of lots of food, fruit and much more. It was very interesting. So today has been great:)

Tomorrow, I think I will rent a bike one more time, and maybe go to the place where the silk road started in the old days. A road where China traded silk and other things with other countries. I guess that would be fun to see, and then I also get to see more of the city, on the bike. And maybe I'm going to a park I've seen on the map.

And the day after that, I'm going back home to Norway! I'm looking forward to that now. I'm kind of homesick...