Another early morning wake up to start the day. This time, we were going to a new school. It was like an extension to the college we've been going to. The age group was the same, so we stuck to our same plan we've been doing for both classes. The only thing different about the two classes compared to our past classes, these people seemed to be more talkative during the break. The students taught Montana a little Chinese, but she would not have a clue how to say any of the words she was taught.
After our classes Don, Montana and LuRue were brought to the teachers eating area for lunch at the college we have been going to. The teachers were going to take us to the terra-cotta warriors today. It was about an hour’s drive from the school to the terra-cotta warriors. The teachers who came with us got us set up with a tour guide. The guide was so “successful” that, if there had been any question about it, she verified by her actions that neither Montana nor LuRue like tour guides.
Don, Montana and LuRue were guided through the three different dig sites. The first and the second ones were pretty well dug up, but the third one was not dug up to save the colors on the warriors. There were also statues of horses most of which were collapsed, but some still stood. It was amazing to think people 2,000 years ago built and painted all of the soldiers. We tried to ask the guide what they used to paint the soldiers, but the guide never understood us. We did not like how the guide stopped to talk for what seemed like forever at places we weren't interested in and skimmed by places we wanted to stay at.
At the end, Montana wanted to get a souvenir, but eventually gave up because the tour guide was doing her job and becoming extremely annoying, which made Montana not want to buy from them. We have already scheduled with BaoLi to stop by another souvenir place on Thursday after school.
Because of the traffic, we got back a little past 6. Luckily, BaoLi had scheduled dinner for 6:30 instead of 6. It was getting off work time, so very slow and several aggressive drivers. We drove past the hotel and tried several U-turns, but we had to go past what seemed like 5 traffic lights. It would've been quicker for the driver to drop us off somewhere before the hotel and just have us walk.
When we finally got back, we had a few minutes to rest before heading down for dinner and sharing stories then going our separate ways for the night. What a long day! If we can get to bed early, it will be easy to go to sleep we think, we hope!
Don, Montana and LuRue were guided through the three different dig sites. The first and the second ones were pretty well dug up, but the third one was not dug up to save the colors on the warriors. There were also statues of horses most of which were collapsed, but some still stood. It was amazing to think people 2,000 years ago built and painted all of the soldiers. We tried to ask the guide what they used to paint the soldiers, but the guide never understood us. We did not like how the guide stopped to talk for what seemed like forever at places we weren't interested in and skimmed by places we wanted to stay at.
At the end, Montana wanted to get a souvenir, but eventually gave up because the tour guide was doing her job and becoming extremely annoying, which made Montana not want to buy from them. We have already scheduled with BaoLi to stop by another souvenir place on Thursday after school.
Because of the traffic, we got back a little past 6. Luckily, BaoLi had scheduled dinner for 6:30 instead of 6. It was getting off work time, so very slow and several aggressive drivers. We drove past the hotel and tried several U-turns, but we had to go past what seemed like 5 traffic lights. It would've been quicker for the driver to drop us off somewhere before the hotel and just have us walk.
When we finally got back, we had a few minutes to rest before heading down for dinner and sharing stories then going our separate ways for the night. What a long day! If we can get to bed early, it will be easy to go to sleep we think, we hope!
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