Taking ice and making ice cream

Trip Start Jul 28, 2007

Trip End Ongoing

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Zhengming Jinjiang Hotel Harbin

Flag of China Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
Monday, February 21, 2011

Harbin in the winter is icy and cold. Everybody knows that. But rather than hibernate and wait for summer, the people of Harbin take their ice and make ice cream, so to speak. Our students, of course are studying hard. But down on the Songhua River, it is a festival atmosphere. Vendors, wrapped to their ears in warm clothing, sell cotton candy. Children play on cheerful snow sculptures and slide down a wide snow luge. Workers carve out blocks of ice from the river to build impressive (and massive) ice sculptures around town. Leading up to the river is a cobblestone
street with European-style restaurants, coffee shops, a Russian church, a Jewish synagogue, a Muslim mosque, a Walmart, a Carrefour, and what else ... oh yes, Chinese restaurants and shops too.

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CET Students in Class at HIT	ZhongYang Street in Downtown Harbin Comments!	Ingrid on ZhongYang Street	Western and Chinese Stuff on ZhongYang Street Comments!
East Meets West ... Again and Again	Cotton Candy on the Songhua River	Snow slide and a Smurf Face!	Carving Ice Blocks from the Songhua River Comments!
Happy Year of the Rabbit	A Mosque	A Synogogue	Harbin Architecture
The caption on this picture says "Pearl Harbor"