I came with Wijbren to Xian 2 months ago and I am going back in time. We finished our contract with EF institute( hopefully) .My first impression was not very positive,as leaving that city( Hanghou ) after 3 years .I felt kind of home there ,but job was a little endurable
.Anyway our trip started on 26 of February 2009 and we spent 23 hours on train to reach to Xian.The train was not too bad but the main problem was the size of the bed for Wijbren ( He is tall for Chinese ) 2 meters.
Anyhow we manage that and we had 2 other Chinese around us and I was practicing my Chinese with them and few times we pissed off and they tried to be hospitable somehow.
When we arrived I felt completely giddy and thew guy who came from University ( we got a position as instructor and supervisor here) was waiting for 2 hours for us.I felt totally embarrassed ,but not our fault.Trains in China are really fitly and pretty damn slow...no complain ..
Xian is the capital of shanxi proince and is a middle size city.It has prettyu cold weather in winter according to the locals and mildly warm in summer( luckily).
our apartment is pretty cool but by the time we were here in March was freaking cold and we were shivering for 48 hours and conditioner was on and the in just a week we had to pay 20 euro which was totally mind blowing.
Our work is pretty mellow here and I just work 12 hours per week which make some people crazy and jealous and still can save good amount per month due to cost of life is much cheaper than other cities ad food portions are much bigger in fact.
Xian has been holding a great heritage and deep culture though 12 dynasties in China.It has been located in the center of China and has been known as one of the major cities of famous silk Road in China and during the Qing dynasty there was so attention to this city.There plenty of places to visit and hang around.
before I go much deeper into historical and cultural heritage in Xian I am going to end up with my flat photos.
