The ancient city of Xian
May 1st 2009 For the May holiday, we decided to make the trek to Xian to take in the sights of the ancient capital of China. I happened to mention in my classes before we left that Xian was our holiday destination and one of my students, Andy, mentioned that he would be visiting the city as well with his family for several days. He convinced us to stay in the Bell Tower Hotel, owned by a friend of a friend f
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