Hello from Xi'an. After an all night 17 hour train ride from Shanghai, we arrived this morning in the ancient capital of China, slightly bumped up from the hard class sleepers we had.

Looking back on our week in Shanghai, it was great. We painted the city red, so to speak. Our friend Shin, formerly of Osaka, now a Shanghai entrepreneur, set us up in a great dorm at the East China Normal University, and showed us some of the best sights of the city. We really lived it up, going for 3 massages, having cocktails at the Hyatt's Cloud 9 Bar (87 floors up the Jinmao Tower,) we even had Saturday brunch at M on the Bund. A last blast of luxury before hitting the other parts of China.

Tomorrow we are off to see the Terracotta warriors, and some other sights around town. All is good and we are well. More soon.