it been a week

So it is sunday night and i am doing homework. Lucky me. Mom i hope that you had a great birthday ;)
Well this weekend was filled with kilometers! saturday was a packed day filled with so much stimulation i am having a hard time processing it all. I guess i will start at the beginning. We spent the morning at the Shaanxi museum.It is filled with artifacts from every dynasty and then some. SOme of the pieces in the museum i had studied in art history class, so that was a really neat experince. Most of what i recognized was the bronze work that came out of the Zhou and Shang dynasties which was in the 16 and 17th century B.C. The museum traced the history from stone toos to that of axes and swords and transpotation. then in the giftshop i got hosed. I bought a book about Xi'an for 250 yuan which is roughly 35cad. I was informed later that you are never supposed to pay more than half the price; and always start bartering at a third of a half. Sounds complicated to me ;)
After this we took another CRAZY taxi ride to the Muslim quarter. Everything in here is fake and usually fairly expensive. ANd they say keep a tight hold on your wallets and purses there are alot of pick pockters there. There are also alot of beggers. What is different here is that they usually belong to a beggers guild or assocation. So all the money that they get in one day goes to some sort of central authority and they get a small piece of the pie. We had lunch is this quarter, it was really good. I am a master of the chopstick. ANd i had a huge beer. It is only3.5% alcohol because the chinese like the socializing. They do not drink to get wasted.
So after lunch we walked around. Some of the girls are getting traditional chinese dresses made, they cost 350 yuan-CHEAP. I have not decided if i will get one. I can not see myself wearing it, it might get framed, therefore i can get any old one.
We then headed to the drum tower. There were 50 drums. There were also 24 drums that signify the 24 sections of the year. For example the changing of the seasons and also going from hot summer to the "big hottness" meaning peak summer period. We also sat through a trad