A trip to Xi'an
大家好！
So much has happened this 十月 in 中国. Firstly, for our weeks holiday me and the other Scottish students decided to visit 西安, the home of the Terracotta Warriors! To get there we travelled by train which took 十九 hours but it was definitely worth the long journey for all the fun things we ended up doing. My favourite things were cycling around the city walls, seeing the Terracotta Warriors, taking a cable car up a 山 with a beautiful view of the city at the top and the 很好吃 food at the markets. Even though we had not travelled to another country, the culture was so different in some ways it felt as though we had. The accent was nothing like in the North of 中国 that even Chinese people struggle to understand each other. The food was a lot spicier as well that is was almost impossible to eat some dishes because your mouth felt like it was on fire! Another thing that makes 西安 diverse is how rural it is, there are many more parks, trees and nature around in general which nice to see for a change. 
Out on the bikes
Terracotta Warriors
View from the top of the mountain
Some unusual looking fruit
Another exciting thing that has been happening is I started volunteering to teach 英文 at a nursery close by to where I live. This is such a fun and rewarding thing to do in my free time. Most of the children are complete beginners and ages 3-6 years old so I am still needing to speak a lot of Chinese which is helping me improve too! Since it is 万圣节 right now I took part in a 万圣节派对 at the nursery dressed as Snow White! I have never done that before and I honestly felt like one of the people who work at Disney Land when all the kids came over for pictures. It was so much fun.
Teaching English
万圣节派对
This weekend I am going to visit the longest glass bridge in the world and can’t wait to show you all the pictures I get when I’m there. There is a mountain to climb and a hot springs which I have never been to before so I am definitely excited for this new adventure. 再见 and 万圣节快乐!
Chinese phrases and words:
Hello everyone （dàjiāhǎo）
October （shíyuè）
China （zhōngguó）
city in China （xī‘ān）
nineteen （shìjiǔ）
mountain （shān）
delicious （hěnhǎochī）
English （yīngwén）
Halloween （wànshèngjié）
party （pàiduì）
Happy Halloween （wànshèngjiékuàilè）