Feb. 22-23, 2015Sunday was a day of relaxation, so nothing to report on that. Other than watching some interesting movies. The pollution has been lessened recently so the blue skies are really nice. Monday started off cold and wet. It’s been raining early in morning but it ended up going until early afternoon. Once the wether cleared up Jesse and I ventured out to Wenshu Monastery(文殊院). It’s in the middle of the city, and surrounded by an ancient street. Jesse and I totally forgot that we are still in the Spring festival and that the temples are a major traveling point. There were tons of people everywhere. Which made for a different sort of pictures as there was so much activity. It was actually pretty neat. Jinli is a little bit more orderly, but this surrounding street had a bunch of street vendors and street food. Pushing through people is always a fun game. The Monastery was quite beautiful. It’s a place of devotion for the monks though right now I think they are extremely busy. We saw a few of them but they always seemed to be going somewhere. There were also quite a few people trying to speak English to Jesse and I, more than normal. We spent a few hours at the Monastery wandering around, we made a final loop of the street and headed back. Normally when Jesse and I travel out we try to go to quiet places, but this was a nice change of pace. The rest of the evening was spent wandering in an out of the apartment since it was such a nice day. Two more days until break is finished.
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