The Things I’ll Remember Most About Xi’an

Our short trip to Xi’an after Beijing was quite fun, despite the fact that there are only a few things to do there. It was a lot quieter than Beijing and a little bit more manageable in terms of walking to places and navigating crowds.

There are several memories I will keep from our stay here. The first has to be our dumpling extravaganza the first night we were there. I didn’t really comprehend what a Chinese dumpling was before my stay in China, I’ll admit. But now I’m very well-versed in all the different sizes, shapes, colors, folding methods, and of course the fillings. The pork and cabbage combo is my favorite:)

We went to the infamous restaurant, Dumpling Banquet, and had an 18-course dumpling meal, which isn’t as much food as it sounds. Of the 18 varieties we really liked five, thought four were okay, and ate the other nine just to be polite. That last statement isn’t true actually…I didn’t touch a couple of them at all.

Either way, it was a good meal.

My second memory is the tour guide experience and the cab ride in Xi’an that I wrote about once before.

My third memory is the hour or so that Jason and I walked around the city wall and took goofy pictures of ourselves. See below.

Jason is acting like a guard. If anyone can tell us what he’s doing wrong you’ll get a prize.

Last, of course, is our journey to the Terra Cotta Warrior museum. I’ll let Jason fill you in on the details of that because he knows more about the history, etc.  But me, I know more about the cool statues at the “museum.”