Who is more lovely?

Dianne and I pose in front of a crystal like ice carving. It looked like glass and was hard to believe the delicate lines that could be made out of a block of ice. Their ice blocks all seem to come right from the river that runs through the city. I would have loved to see the process of getting them cut.

Harbin

January 9th 2010
Coming from northern Alberta, we know what cold is. And when it is cold, a person bundles up, sits in front of the television (or fireplace) and drinks hot chocolate - or other warm beverage. It was not in my range of thinking that I would be heading out to the airport for a trip to Harbin- to check out an Ice Festival - on New Year's day, with the temperature at our destination a frosty -39 Celci ... read more

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