Despite a little trouble on the airplane with extra requirements as we were foreigners, the rest of the trip was uneventful. I am really beginning to wonder what the narrative serves by thinking that only foreigners moving around need scrutinized and not Chinese. They have to register with the app like we do, but they do not need to be virus tested before traveling or having to show the date when we arrived back to China.
Regardless, we found someone to help us register the health code on the plane and the owner of the apartment picked us up. He gave us history of Xi’an.
His apartment is called Warrior pit 1 (he also has a Warrior pit 2). As a tour director for decades, he outfitted the apartment with clay warrior sculptures.
Entrance
Living area
Bedroom
Bathroom
We went out to the Muslim quarter to look for food.
Fun with the warriors
Relaxing in the apartment we thought of funny things to do with the warriors. We will think of more…
Love this apartment! I absolutely LOVED seeing the terra cotta warriors. Are they still doing restoration at the back en dof the Pit 1 building? I watched people working diligently to reconstruct warriors from so many small pieces! I think I read that they stopped excavation and restoration for awhile to figure out how NOT to lose the colors that disappear once they are exposed to air… or was I dreaming that? I could have stayed in that Pit for a full day.
Yes they are still restoring. I did not hear about them stopping. Such fascinating information we learned! Coming back to the warriors in the apartment is fun too.