No one was grumpy, it was just sunny today.
From top to bottom:
– Me on top of Xian’s city wall with a view of the outer city
– Dad in front of an enormous bell (this is /the/ bell, used for sound effects on tv and said to cure deafness, etc.)
– The mascot for the xian world horticultural expo
– An herbalist rabbit (from the ‘forest of stone tablets’ which is a place that has all the great ancient works of Chinese literature carved in stone for posterity)
– Some more handy animals. I asked our host Dr. Li for explanation about these but didn’t get an explanation other than “you like frogs! I bought you a frog!”
– Tasty farewell dinner with Shenqing Li who I failed to photograph.