Xi'an day 1
March 18th 2008 A truly amazing day, first of all because it is 21 deg C = about 75 F, sunny through the ever=present haze of this area, and the magnolia and cherry/apple/plum trees are all in full bloom.
This morning Gigi took us to the Terra Cotta warriors site. We had lunch at a roadside area, where we met a female cop from Chicago who has been working in Afghanistan for the last four years instructing pol
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