Music: The Beatles - Blue best of album
I was up today in plenty of time to both pack my bags and have breakfast. Not that surprising really, as I was only picked up at 10am. I was then taken to the airport via the Hanyanling, a museum covering the excavation site surrounding the burial mound of the 4th Emperor of the Han Dynasty. In the pits were pottery models of not just soldiers, but also other figures, from musicians and dancers to eunuchs. Also in the pits were clay animals of many kinds and various pots.
The museum is a low light underground centre with glass walls and floors separating the public from the excavated archaeological site. The clay figures are naked and have no arms, this is as they were originally closed in silk and their arms were made from wood. Obviously both of these have perished in the 2000 years since they were put in the ground.
From there I was dropped off at the airport for my flight. Once through the security checkpoint, I could see the fog rolling out over the runway. This caused a series of delays to my flight and once we got on board, we had to wait for the backlog of planes to clear before we could take off. This put me back almost 3 hours.
I as met at the airport and taken to the Maglev station in the airport. It is in front of this train that Rolf is shown today. The train speeds back to Shanghai from the airport at 300kmph and as such the time taken is rather short. From there (after walking almost the whole way around the train station looking for our driver) I was taken to my hotel. The Sofitel is just off what looks like a main shopping street. I have been for a brief walk, but as I arrived after 9pm all I wanted was to find food. In the end I walked into KFC, only to find the menu rather different than I'd expect. Instead I returned to my hotel and phoned down for room service.
Tomorrow I have a free day to explore. I think that mean I get a nice lie in ;)
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