This is 1300 yrs old!

Guard tower on Xi'an wall

Awesome!

The man himself!

much is under renovation for the olympics

walking in the forbidden city

ken's awesome crib at 12:30am

Hi from Beijing!

Well we completed the tour of the goose pagoda and Xi'an wall today and then finished it all off getting Lauren's passport at 5:30. It rained the whole time so it made the touring that much more difficult but it was all very interesting to see. We had lunch at this restuarant our guide goes to and it was fantastic food. We ate like champs and left way too much we couldn't finish. When the bill came they said ir was 160 RMB. So we were like well thats ok only abot 16 US per person. We started to put the money together and our guide stopped us and said no its 160 RMB for the whole thing! Way too cheap here to eat! So we finished and drove the 1 hour to the Xi'an airport. We had no issues checking in at all and it went smooth. area. The flight was a bit rough as Laurn did not sleep and was quite cranky so that made me a bit cranky to the French tourists in front of us but all went OK. We got to the hotel at 12:00am and checked in and went to bed. They did not give us a crib so we pushed 2 arm chairs together and made a nice little crib for Lauren. We have one now so its all good.

We got up this am and set out for tianamam square and the forbidden city. The square was much more crowded this time then last and I couldn't find anyone selling Chairman Mao watches yet so I will have to search a bit for them. October 1st is a week long holiday here so everyone is out touring. It celebrates thier independance. The kids were great but tired so Lauren is sleeping now and Lia is playing in the living room. The hotel is awesome! Big rooms and very nice.

We are going to get some food now and clean up a bit before venturing out again. The air here is much better then 2.5 yrs ago. It doesnt seem any different then Toronto now. I will put some pics up and sign off. Thanks!