What day is it?

So the past few days have gone by very quickly and I realized that my computer was putting down the incorrect date. so after adjusting my clock to be correct I am now somewhat in time with... time.
A couple of days ago, We went to the West lake to go sightseeing and just to look around, we met a strange old man that said he learned how to speak english from before wwII. We talked with the man for quite some time before getting on a little buggy thing and taking it around the lake. When we got to the other side, I believe we took a van/taxi to a very nice eatery place. we tried many different kinds of things and most of it was very good. afterwards the group of us headed back and we went to bed soon after.
The next day we went to west lake and hiked up a very large "hill" at the top of which was a pagoda. the climb was extremely long but had some very scenic stops along the way. One stop included a small waterfall that came from the mouth of a golden dragon. I took some good photos which I will upload soon along with many others. I have found that though I dont normally take pictures, in one scenic walk along any area in China I can easily take more that 100 photos. The group of us was very tired and so after stopping at the bottom of the hill to eat we headed back to campus.
Yesterday we went to a museum which had a shrine like temple for a guy whose name sounds like yoo-ay fay. I am not sure how to spell it so I will just put the pronunciation. I took many photos from walking around. the group of us took a short rest and then went out to shop on a street somewhat far away, though the street is notorious for having a large shopping area. the shopping street was extremely long and had many many shops with random trinkets. We didnt buy much because we found out we were going back the next day. so after walking around for a long time we grabbed some food from (I think) 85 degrees Celcius. we then took a taxi back to the school and went to sleep.
Today we went back to the street with all the shops and went to a nearby temple that sits atop the hill next to the street. the temple/pagoda had a bell that was to be rang 3 times, I am unsure why it was 3 times, however it is likely because it was for luck or something similar. After going tothe pagoda we continued on our way to the shop street. We walked around for a little while before visiting a local Chinese medicine place, which had a lot of traditional Chinese medicine. It was very interesting because there were a lot of people still going there and buying old medicine to be made into teas and were supposed to help with almost anything. We left the medicine clinic and went inside to a nearby tea shop, which we were happily welcomed to sit down and drink tea. the lady that owned the shop gave us MANY samples of tea, and a few of us sat there for about an hour before buying a couple types of tea and then heading out. though when I left with Ashley and a couple others, many still stayed in the tea shop and drank the ladies tea for nearly 3 hours total. She was extremely kind to us and we made sure to buy many things from her shop. I then went with Ashley to a few shops and eventually stumbled upon a silk shop of which I bought a very nice robe and got a free pair of slippers, the robe itself only cost about 30 dollars, which is incredibly good for being made of pure silk, it is very soft to the touch and super comfortable.
For tonight this is all I will blog, the group is in the office (we met a friend of Will's, she is a Chinese student and very nice) and they are watching the IT Crowd, which is a very funny series if no one has seen it yet. Tomorrow we are supposed to register for classes though I am unsure of when... then in the afternoon we have something else to do, of which I am also unsure. These past few days have gone by very quickly and it is hard to organize everything together when I am trying to remember where I am, where I am going in the city and also learning the language. I also have to do this all while going with the group to strange new places. Overall it has been fun and I am ready to keep moving forward and get to our classes.