Today I went to the 2012 Harbin Ice and Snow World Festival! my camera batteries died as soon as I got there, so I had to use my Itouch to take pics, and that battery died on me a few minutes before I left. but I still got some decent shots, and it made me think about sometimes, when we go somewhere, we spend so much of our time making sure we get pictures, that we take pictures, that we do not always take memories; we dont always allow ourselves to simply BE THERE. if you guys want to see those pics, just let me know and I'll email them to you guys.
It WAS SOOO AWESOME!!! I cannot even do it justice in words or in pictures. they had this awesome Harbin Beer bottle, and a Coke bottle, and Cinderella's castle, and lots of the buildings had icy slides down them(which I did not do-it was freezing out, so that was not gonna happen). they had lots of chinese architercture buildings, and they had this cool bridge and a small maze. it was seriously cool! I thought it would be more crowded than it was. there were people there of course, but not the push through the crowds that i was expecting. then again, I did go at night, so I could see the lights, so maybe most people went during the day when it was warmer. and it is almost the end of the festival. still, it was cool! and...mind blowing. the whole time, I kept thinking "this is ice! this is what we use to warm our drinks! and here they have made life size buildings and sculptures out of it!" it makes me think about how you can make amazingly, stunningly beautiful things...out of the simplest things. like ice. ice is so simple, and yet look what can be done with it because people put the time, effort, and work into it. and once upon a time, the ice world was someone's crazy idea. one day someone had the idea of taking blocks of ice from the river and making an ice festival. and it became a world famous festival. maybe crazy ideas, aren't so crazy. maybe, if you work at it, and dedicate time and effort into it, the crasiest of ideas can become realities. after all, all the things we have today...they were once someone's crazy idea.
they also had this European Show Theatre, and I just wandered into that building because I was cold, and thought maybe they had some displays or something, and i wanted to warm up a bit, and it turned out to be this theatre, and they had this awesome show! these beautiful dancers and magic acts...so amazing. I forgot how hot European guys can be. and ive never seen guys dance like that before, so it was a cool show. and it was for free(well, it was problally included in the 300 yuan aka $50 for you living on the other side of the planet- price tag).
i wish you guys could have been there! it wa sso amazing and marvelous. i was almost in shock the whole time, walkign around. because you keep thinking, these are all made of ice!!!
SO GLAD I WENT!!!