Today was our last day in China. It was a rainy and dreary day. First, we visited the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, a Buddhist pagoda. We had a volunteer tour guide who was very knowledgeable and interesting. The interior of the pagoda was a library.
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| Big Wild Goose Pagoda |
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| Buddhist god |
Many of the places we visited in China had lion statues out front. You could tell if the lion was male or female by what they were holding. A male would hold a ball, either in its mouth or under its paw. A female would have a baby cub. Charlotte was an expert at identifying the lions whenever we were out.
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| Male lion |
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| Female lion |
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| Baby cub lying on its back facing its mother |
Then we went to the Muslim Quarters to see a house. It was in the courtyard style we had seen throughout China. This particular house was for a wealthy family. They would have had around 20 servants working for him. We also watched a short shadow play. I think it was supposed to be funny, but it was in Chinese.
Then it was off to the airport. We had a great time on our trip, but we were all tired and ready to go home. The security at the Xi'an airport was more intense than anything we had experienced before. First, it took them 3 tries to clear Charlotte through immigration. I think they have a machine that compares your picture to your passport picture, but since Charlotte was only 3 when we got her passport it was having problems. Then, they were very thorough with checking our liquids. They took my hand sanitizer (flammable) even though it was well under the 3.3 oz maximum. They ran several of our bags through several times and we all got a complete pat down. We had a relaxing flight home and were happy to sleep in our own beds that evening.
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