I'm currently sitting in a hella sketchy internet cafe in Xian, China right now. I'm surrounded by teenage boys and grown men playing computer games and watching chinese dramas. The building I'm in is unmarked and there's a billiards on the second floor. Shady.

I don't want to bore you all with details as to what I've been doing, so I'll try to keep it short. We spent two nights in Beijing and I got to see my grandma, family friend, and my uncle so that was nice. Then we flew over to Xian, which is where I am right now. We've been eating tons of good, cheap food. Today we saw the tomb of the Terracotta soldiers, which definitely tops my list as one of the coolest things I've ever seen. Since the people I'm traveling with are all white, wherever we go everyone automatically looks to me to speak Chinese and translate for them when in reality the two professors have better Chinese vocabulary than I do. It's hella hot over here but that's expected. I think after I finish uploading pictures me and the guys (all two of them...haha) are going to check out a club called 1+1. Then tomorrow at 7am we board a bus at for a 6 hour ride to Yenan. I'm sure I spelled that wrong.

Anywho, stuff here is so freaking cheap and I'm tempted to buy things wherever I go but I have to keep in mind that I have to lug it around with me for another 4 weeks if I do, so I'm going to hold back until Shanghai where I plan on buying a whole other suitcase and filling it with stuff to bring back home. yay! If you want souvenirs speak now or forever hold your peace. And if you make requests, make it specific...none of that "oh whatever it doesn't matter" crap because chances are I won't know what to get, and I'll end up not getting anything then. And don't ask for electronics like Carlo unless you're willing to pay me back or are willing to risk getting something kinda crappy because I don't know how to shop for electronics.

Ok I'm getting bored with this post now. Zai jian!