Warm Snow Country
The advantage of married suddenly found, in addition to some people pay bills, when the punching bag, the biggest benefit is afflicted by terrible to go out to play when you have a playmate. Ever since I was married at once Wanye of the heart, that the suburbs of Beijing day trips and weekend travel like a small short-term Kiss I simply can not satisfy the gluttonous appetite for a day, every day, I have struggled to wait for the next a long holiday coming.
I feel the excitement and the fun out of the door after the vision of inter-reincarnation, in the excitement cooled, I would not wait to plan the next trip route. Holidays are usually not a shadow, I revel in their own schemes and died. In a sense, travel planning prior to travel itself even more than exciting for me.
Year of the Goat Chinese New Year's travel plans in the first year I started planning for December. Considered to Hainan sun, but Peter had just heard flatly rejected the budget. His proposal Jiuzhaigou and because I want to keep to a fall is also not be considered. I had read in the ctrip crazy travels and hope to gain inspiration point. But in the end prompted me or my colleagues, he has a supplier in Datong, usually chatting Yungang Grottoes, Xuan Kongsi casually stroll out on. Shanxi - indeed is a good place, the rich cultural landscape and colorful folk culture, how do I would not thought up? Datong, plus Lingshi Wang's Grand Courtyard, Qixian Qiao Jia Da Yuan, the ancient city of Pingyao and Taiyuan, a world cultural heritage are the two lines, seven-day holiday arrangements can more enriched ah!
Excel tables to do fine line of the budget proposal sent to Peter, although he did not quite reluctantly, but when I have some hard copies of the still agreed.
Shanxi Guotai Nian had to go to! My mind full of a red-hot - hoisted lanterns, clusters of peppers, bright couplets, vague shapes sunny window grilles. I seem to have seen wearing a speckled red flowers of the Chinese Xiao Ao standing tall brick gate of the shadow front of Peter's lens smile ... ...
I Xunxun Ran the. I am smug in.
Who wanted to leave in the first half in surprise defection of Peter! He told me that he did not want to go to Shanxi, he wanted to see Ice Lantern Northeast skiing. Gosh, I was thrown into his words Bingku Long. Northeast, How the North? How cold? It will freeze the ears off? Northeast I've been to Changchun and Dalian, but also in the summer, to winter there, no idea what the what to wear, what to do to prepare?
Peter simply does not care winter clothing for this small problem, and he happily, to the northeast another!
Poor me ... ... a "self-tour China," every day, lay on my pillow next to Shanxi in the chapter pretty soon, I eat Xia Du, while the northeast, I have not read them even one.
Coercion, inducement, facts and reason, were all useless. That guy is bent on the.
Married are not very good Oh, when traveling with that person only and not with others.
Harbin trip was a hasty decision, self-service tour is Moxi, and great new year, the ticket is a big problem. Had no choice but to participate in CYTS, they just have a Harbin Ice Lantern - Jilin rime - Beida Lake Skiing twin 5th regiment, but unfortunately what surrender their own well-being were fully committed to others.
25 Jiaoqian, 31 tickets. The first time travel agents know nothing about its attention to what the money to pay anyway, and fate bar. Holiday the previous week Peter and I have been obsessed with two cents, the company has until the New Year's Eve until the morning of a holiday, but also to prepare and elders Lunar New Year, in the busy hastily packed his luggage. To Peter bought a hat to give the camera to buy a new battery (power consumption when the cold weather fast), the rest do not know that the preparations for what it is. Night, try the thick clothing, wearing knitted wool trouser legs like an elephant leg pants wardrobe is not complete, the had with Peter borrowed a pair of jeans.
Two evening classes 6 o'clock train, Lian Ji has been reaches 14 o'clock. Put on the thickest of clothing - coats, thick sweaters, knitted wool trouser, two pairs of socks; casually to the bag and throw it away to eat outside the home, and pipes that he does, anyway, I purse where plenty of money and bought cold. It seems because this is not his planned trip, keen interest has always put it up. Results to the Dongzhimen only think of it have not brought a tripod and long lens fitted white, and not only lost its role has also become cumbersome.
Excellent weather in Beijing on this day, no one on the train had been a Xianghan. Travel to Harbin, it was the trip I talked about them to stay, until then themselves. This goes out, everything is unknown.
T17 we rode late 6:30 start Beijing Railway Station, on the second day as early as 6:30 to Harbin, hard sleeper 330. Going up their cars and a car in Beijing accent, Ganqing are playing to the northeast. We are a grid house there is a young couple, but also CYTS, but Harbin - Mudanjiang that line, we talk quite well.
Heating a good carriage is simply too good, we have started to undress, Peter and I have only endured, because we are all wearing pullover, cardigan sweaters how people who envy ah. The train out of station on the dark days when the outside can not see, speed is high, thus not very stable, I have been to shake hard for me to go to bed early.
No place to put big thick coat had to be piled at the side of the pillow at night, slept well feel are deeply hurt. When more than 5 points the next day to climb up out of the window of days have been micro-ming, in addition to border on the window then filled with ice, the other nothing special feeling, the car was very warm out of the window the snow is not thick, not at all, I do not want to Imagine the ice and snow in the northeast, a little disappointed.
Lose no time to clean up their neat, the train to the city, where the snow and even fewer, but probably because coal-fired heating reasons, the city is very gloomy. Because of uncertainty, Peter, and I did not wish browsing, pull out travel documents to look mad.
Green at the end of the word yellow flag, remember.
Trains on time, people are really a lot of the station staff are wearing a hat with ear protection, we might just warm environment to come out, do not feel cold. This is more than ten degrees below zero do? A bit staggering.
Outbound extraoral is a flag of "puddle", red, blue, yellow, and that is not green! I took Peter, after turning around three times flustered, and blame him, are you bad, and now finished bar. Peter pretty little head, to see individuals holding a ball-point pen with the words written in white CYTS, they scrape together in the past. If not make it clear that there is a man and a woman squeeze over, asked us not CYTS is not to Jilin, is not two people? We took out the requested travel documents to them, a secret signal right on, they finally found the organization.
Glance right and left, but only two of us, but no other members. Question guides, A are waiting in the car. They boarded the car park followed by a large breaking of the bus, which had been full to the brim of a car person. Only later did I know that other people are sitting T71 and a half hours before the arrival, and only two of us sitting T17.
Tour guide was a young girl, said a temporary rental car, so car bad. Is indeed excessive, but there is no better place in the car, and bad mood. The only commendable thing is that there is heating. Tour guide said that it is a FIT group, etc. (optional, we reported that the list of where the regiment CYTS only 14 individuals, now adults and children for nearly 40 cuts on the car.) Automotive launched, and her voice was completely drowned.
Accordance with the itinerary, the first thing is to eat breakfast, some people have been impatient of. 10 minutes later, the car Longmen Hotel near the station before the stop, a half hour to eat breakfast. Here's an early 10 yuan / person, inexpensive, boiled eggs taste good, but Peter and I have just the train did not appetite, drank a point of porridge on the full. Downstairs as soon as everyone in the hotel store and bought copies of Harbin Map, 4 yuan. A family and with the mouth of those who are slow, half an hour earlier than, and others appeared before Shi Shi-ran.
The first attraction is the St. Sophia Cathedral, which was originally a church army Czarist Russia, and later expanded into the Far East, the largest Orthodox church, the green onion Byzantine-style dome is quite distinctive. We have pulled out a colored camera to try it. The most funny is that a buddy sitting next to me child, wearing a broken suit, sets the military overcoat, wearing a military Mianmao, leather gloves are also the kind of labor-type finger Bel thick, and this moment stupefied from under their feet to travel bag churn out a Nikon, regardless of the lens and the fuselage are not inferior to Peter's Canon EOS30. Laughs! Only half an hour free time, alas, with the group that is not free ah.
Cold! Get off at first feel cold. I used cashmere scarf bag too solidly to the head, but frozen Sheng Teng, exposed nerve. Because, according to the shutter off his thick-skinned gloves, cold hands thoroughly immediately. The most horrible thing is that foot in Beijing to buy warm winter boots can hardly be any effect, I like standing on the ice, it seems definitely have to buy a cotton-padded shoes.
St. Sofia Cathedral is indeed true that the construction above the canopy columns are all forms of red brick on the church square surrounded by ice, as well as paid Chinese zodiac cartoon feeding pigeons, but in general apart from the church itself, there is no other things. Large church When I am photographing a wide-angle lens is necessary. Within the church has been damaged during the Cultural Revolution, and now are being held inside a photo exhibition in Harbin, tickets 25 yuan, was not interested. Too cold, Peter and I just walked 15 minutes retractable car. The others were frozen soon returned, and immediately embarked on the next Sun Island snow sculpture.
Where a child has several songs are sung Sun Island, but now it is winter, I am afraid not so poetic. After Songhua River Bridge, the outside, a vast expanse of whiteness, not tell where is the river, where the shore is. Tour guide said that during this season, the river there is a meter thick ice. On the island first passing through an Ice and Snow World, on-line a lot of recommended words, it seems size really is not small, but that is tomorrow's trip.
We visited at the Sun Island Park organized an annual international snow sculpture show, tickets 30 yuan, television coverage done. However, cotton-padded shoes at the moment is the most important for me, and not get off the park in front of me Miaodao row of cute shoes that spread. But the tour was whether they line up inside! One hour free time! Who tickets at the people holding out again? Stomped the door, or went straight to shoe stalls. Fortunately, cotton-padded shoes also seems to northeast characteristics of tourism products, the next few days, at any one attraction, the least is the lack of shoe stalls. Here's cotton-padded shoes are known as non-slip surface semi-warm nylon silk boots, if you buy outside, you may as long as 25 yuan, if in the park to buy, hum ... ...
The older sister is really passionate shoe ah while one of my aircraft to a bench to sit down, I have not had time openings, their own boots on the lay side, and a pair of black cotton shoes set on my feet. This is more than ten degrees below zero, but in the open-air display of shoes Yeah, not as good as my own shoes, warm, almost like stepping on real ice. Peter looked at the side of the cold, ugly! Change, a pair of red cotton big sister who was again put on boots, soles of the feet is more ice. Peter recognized this, but do not cut the price down, and finally 45 per transaction, comes with a pair of felt insoles Peter. Stood up, feet already numb, walking both to lose control. However, this cotton-padded shoes really have worked and out of the 10 steps, the soles of the feet have a feeling that seems to also stretch the body, and I can not get cold, and I completely became a member of the snow country.
Snow sculpture is difficult to use language to describe, although not particularly fine carvings, but its white and volume are sufficient to attract anyone. In Harbin streets and roofs of houses, because it was clean, we did not see much trace of snow is really hard to imagine these great is how to get Xuekuai. Sculptures were slightly under the sun at the touch of flash, the snow gives them the aura of water, these sculptures are not a bit cold and stiff, on the contrary, they are Eijun, delicate, and even a little fragile.
Colored sketches and representatives of the North a large-scale relief scenery are very out of the wall color, snow sculpture may be open for too long, the surface of a thin layer of dust off, but the photographs that I can not see. In addition to snow statues, the park has some of the attractions: snow karting, dog sledding, snow sculpture bar and snow skiing circles. Snow Skiing more exciting lap, 10 yuan / person, but a large circle small, especially the two great circle is simply trying to scramble, and thanks to Peter hand length, otherwise, I really do not know how long. Sled is 10 yuan, those dogs pulling carts are extremely cute, tall and strong, thick coat, but unlike dogs Name Xiong, their big ears and all of the DA with a thick soft, gentle eyes. To see them pull car look so difficult, I do not have the heart to ride a sled, may have to pay when the camera had to pat it is reluctant to part with the departure of the bulk.
Sun Island Park does not seem small, but the snow sculpture is very focused, and our time is limited, an hour late for parking, on the way to buy several bags of the former Soviet Union coins and stamps, 5 yuan / 3 bags, stamps are fake, but the coin is also quite fine, but do not know what the country which currency. Everywhere are selling candied fruit, and 2 yuan, bite in the mouth like chewing ice.
Always be some who are not punctual, and so on for a long time before a new start, followed by China and Russia to what is a trade markets. I've been doing before he came to prepare shopping, be sure to buy a lovely Russian nesting dolls. But the tour guide described the market is given out too freely, and a total of the floor area of 100 square meters do? Also what is called the audacity to market! Inside corner of the selling fur, the rest of the counters are all delicacies from land owners: deer antler, ginseng, ants and so on. The room were kinda more N more than the cars parked outside, the big chair travel agencies, travel agents Ganqing designated shopping. We go to each touch of the fur clothing again came out, and the door selling pine nuts, and 30 yuan / bag, black.
Others have a huff of arriving home, which is what the market? Nothing!
In order to quell discontent, tour guides and hastened to pull our stay and eat lunch. On the road through the Zhaolin Park and Tyurin companies, Siu Lun is the place at night to see Ice, Tyurin, you can buy well-known large column bar. Because hotel tension, a regiment was in the next two to live, the company's domestic Snow Dragon Hotel, opposite the children's park, quasi-Samsung, priced between 168 yuan standard, good condition; the remainder who lived opposite Phillip foreign trade, two-star , prices and conditions of the unknown. Lunch is not worth mentioning is also the designated travel agencies hotels, meals can barely feed their families only.
After dinner, or shopping, it is compulsory the Committee consists bar. This does not want to buy it, but remembered that half of the ducks have been rushed to rush to hasty, or pulled out of the pockets, passed the village still do not know it there for the next shop.
The shopping spots as well, a short little Jie Liangbian all known Russian arts and crafts shops. Most shops are small and large sets of doll and binoculars, I bought a set of seven hand-painted snow Caiqi dolls, as well as two smaller traditional paint, and a total of 50. Look at the owner promised to get gratification, it is estimated a loss. Windows is also some tin products, but it is certainly not a Russian cargo, as long as bad people look at those ballet skirts for those sticky little sequined Esu know.
In shopping, there have been a funny episode. I fancy a lovely tin milk pots, just get in the hands of the shop on the Coushang come, and this is Russia's silver products.
Put aside, but Look at the color and makes one suspect that, really?
May from time to! Owner of the milk pot upside down, you look at the end of the English printed on it!
I visited the one full of awe and immediately found the problem, which is really English?
In English! Owner very positive assessment.
I am also relieved, if not in English,咱dare Luanjiang; if indeed English, then this definitely is not silver, you see, ZINN, tin.
Owner silly, until we go out, still standing there watching over and over again that the Xi Hu.
Peter was attracted by the telescope, but I see these telescopes are mostly produced in Wenzhou, counterfeit goods, but more expensive than Beijing. He asked to buy anything, Peter is not happy, and vowed to buy a bigger and better than what I bought the doll. The street outside the shop was also arrayed stall, Peter optimistic about a set of 10, the asking price 120, Peter bargaining 50, I heard the bad, and indeed stores also straightforward agreed. Her 100, money is not looking for, let us pick a life and death. Deus Ex so hard to find money to see a small car selling sundries, pine nuts as long as 20 yuan / jin, and quickly called a bag.
Stood on the car guide car door, a one person's question: what to buy it? How much is it? Where to buy? To see how many people were on board the bus carrying her things, her rebate Nading had.
One girl bought a doll tumbler, asking price 60, the last 20 yuan traded. We come together to exchange gains, Peter show off their big baby, I am also a little jealous, but said the store's baby girl more refined, better-quality. To Peter's dolls and my snow baby together, and indeed, as she put it. Peter did not speak, and the dolls into the bag, go home, she is certainly the fate of Lenggong.
Flood control in accordance with the afternoon trip was to visit the monument and the Central Avenue, on the road again after Zhaolin Park, these sites are Daoli District, not far apart. The Songhua River Flood Control Monument on the edge peak and visitors crowd, filled with tourists. Monument is no spectacle, but because next to River, convenient to take the ice, it was built two ice slides, shore-based small-scale, high embankment that is on more, from the river bank has been extended to the frozen surface of the river, to stimulate the . But because the tour guide for only half an hour, and we dared not line up. Sell a car full of cotton candy and bought a big group, 2 yuan.
Duodao collection sites, but only guide a person to accompany her to wait 40 minutes, people gather one after another, or fewer people. Had known this way, might as well go to play slide. Guides have to wait, we are not happy, and she had to lead everyone to a central street walking. Just go halfway, never stuck to the phone when the guy goes to the original that they went to play slide. Abominable!
Central Avenue Flood Control Monument also 1,000 meters away from the road entirely by 18 by 10 cm square stone paved, this road is said to shop stone used in the value of each block is the one U.S. dollars in the year / block. But I have no particular feeling of walking, but not really dollars. Street on both sides of the buildings are ruins and imitations of Russia is said to very exotic. However,咱nothing to do with the building, the street has filled with black hair and yellow skin, mood not find, found, an excuse of boredom down. Only Lane Crawford store, two-story red-brick small building, square, pillars and black iron lighting is very eye-catching. Roadside Venus Wedding photography is organizing a showcase wedding reality show, beautiful models, beautiful wedding dress and the music attracted a lot of people stopped, hateful Peter refused to give me shot down.
Harbin sunset early, around 16:30, the sun lost its heat. May be outdoors for too long, we feel that some cold, ran into a store heating. In the wandering, we found here is a big garment features - fur coat over the counter account for almost half of the entire women's department. Take a look at the people around, fur coat is not a flash of shadow indeed, the coolest is a pair of middle-aged couple, ladies and a half-length mink, and even a pot-micro-man is also quite a true black fur jacket.
Passing off Botemanxi friends on restaurants, a pity that this would have no chance to enjoy a Russian feast.
5 o'clock can be seen Ice, and Central Avenue approximately 20 minute walk from the Zhaolin Park look. Will enable us to have bright lights, just do not know the tour guides give a half-hour enough to play. Chao Chao was going to Ice and Snow World, but the tickets have been bought, and trip it certainly can not change.
Tam Ice tickets 30 yuan, the scale with me the next day at the Ice and Snow World to see a small lot, but Peter and I are for the first time to see Ice, Chad into the park immediately prohibitive.
Railings, palaces, sculptures, maze, everything is crystal clear, and colorful people like walking into a fairy-tale world, the eyes do not know where to look, maybe Han Wan Alibaba "Open Sesame" is true after the bar. We giggle with, shoot indiscriminately everywhere, it seems that the only way in the future and realized it was not made a dream. In such a night, anything is possible.
Rockery seat on the Prince castle, you can sit on ice slides, 5 million more people line up great. Peter and I was the first time to play, very fast, is the bottom of the bottom is too Ge.
Non-stop read all the Ice, the murder of a roll of film is really not willing to dream the end of a flash.
Dinner for the restaurant, but still hard to swallow.
The way back to the hotel after dinner, it was proposed to go to Ice and Snow World, tour guides do not agree, so they go halfway and get off a taxi. They invited us, but we declined because we have our own idea: the night we saw the Ice God, the day we would like to take a look at its shape.
Back to the hotel, the stomach seems to have not met. However, in all of the shops along the way back to hotel are already dark overhead, though the provincial capital, but the nightlife here is very early end. Fortunately, opposite the hotel as early as bullish a bar, Ming Jiaoba than the loose, this moment was also feasting with.
After a short break out to dinner, Gangchu hotel door, two minutes before it stopped in all directions within the 45 taxis. Most taxi Harbin Jetta, starting seems to be 7,8 million, Xiali there are some, price is not known, also belong to a precious Beverly.
Barbizon is a French-style bar, the upper and lower layers, not many guests, the atmosphere quiet. I was the first time into the bar, listening to Peter talk about, where spending a lot less than in Beijing. I like the home-made soft drinks, in particular, is a kind called "Pretty Lady", and the top is white light orange juice, lemon floating film, the lower is the kind of blue sky orange juice, imported a very sour, but Yuehe Yue sweet, Blue Orange is simply the final again as thick and sweet as honey. The only shortcoming was the meal simple, red soup, but the authentic Russian type meal is Moxi's.
Although the lighting, atmosphere and mood here is no shortage of, like, next to a girl over and over again a little off-key singing of "at least you", Peter, and I do not feel the slightest romantic or the like Dongdong Bobo. The meal so that we know - the original hands and walking in the sunshine is our style.
Barbizon is it worth recommending a toy bar, there are many educational toys for adults, from the side, where the waiter could be more to explain and tips. I've always felt that his IQ is not low, but a lot of Dongdong are Gaobu Ding. In particular, a jigsaw puzzle, saying that white is the four different shapes of small bits of wood, using them to spell the specified pattern. I tried for a long time, not even a clue is not to fight. I affirm that pattern must be a problem. However, the waiter came over, smiled, and spell within 5 seconds of the first pattern, and then 5 seconds spell the second pattern. I have a stripped-point appears to have been prompted, quickly grab the puzzle to come back, but these small bits of wood into my hands again to become a fool, until I left, nor makes up a thing. I did a good sense of accomplishment!
Peter was even worse, he costs a half-weather force to six small pieces of wood inserted into a ball, the triumphant show to the waiter, then turned and took a young man something三下五除二split into a dozen parts - you Try this bar. Peter immediately Yun Cai. We played for about an hour, in the end he could not find the door.
Because the next day 7:00 collections, 11:00 back to hotel to sleep. Harbin Heating burn is good, and I had to use a pillow block in the pre-heating was able to sleep.
Breakfast at the hotel to eat, the new bar with drink two bowls of porridge ballast.
Today, we can first get on the train, seats better than yesterday. To access the rest of the people of foreign trade, there are a few people are far from being seen. They proposed that other guy on the truck to the point of applause. So the last two girls on the car, and indeed some silly people Pilipala shoot a few start with. A girl a little frantic: it does not matter with us, is someone else Wei broken foot. It seems to validate her words, a middle-aged man holding a middle-aged woman struggling to come out to see this situation, people are clapping feel boring.
Today's first stop was to participate in ice sports. We were pulled Riverside somewhere, sent a few coupons and was told Winter Swimming 10:00 start 10:15 set. Here is the river, surrounded a central circle, some recreational items and winter swimming performances, an ice slide to sit out the sneak below (who guides to the coupon, 2 yuan / person; without coupons, 5 yuan / person), from a structure of the the temporary wooden bridge that went over to the. Led the way Peter and I rushed to go.
There are horse-drawn sleigh, 10 yuan; ice-motorized, 40 yuan / two (in the pocket on ice 5 minutes, open circle back teeth of the wind cold); Bing-fan, 2 yuan / person (if the wind may be There are points, meaning that we no wind that day, sitting in boat, two people ran to push our lap, I pushed too consciences are moved. Around then, are a dozen or boat, three men pushed run. bored through and through.); Xiaobing vehicles, 10 yuan / person, limited to time; Dog Sled, 10 yuan; basic and similar to Sun Island. See the Winter Swimming to wait a long time, nor is it beautiful swimwear show, we played ice and ice-fan motor and returned to the slide, Peter has slipped once. Then eat the candied fruit, watching fireworks, strolled back to the car. In addition to drivers, guides and Wei feet that woman, we were the first one back. Casual chat, I am concerned about what that poor woman, where are you affected by the injury?
The answer, last night in the Ice and Snow World.
Last night, everyone had a busy ah. The second leg is scheduled for the morning of Ice and Snow World, it is estimated that many people are no longer into the.
Is 10:15 a collection of people can always be late. In particular, bad foot woman's husband and children, while playing a telephone reminders, still approaching 11 o'clock when Shi Shi-ran there. Yesterday, they had been Ganqing, TMD!
Because the lunch and the afternoon train tickets are booked, and the last Ice and Snow World only 45 minutes active time, and this is with the group.
From the Shangri-La Hotel, opposite, there is all the way双层公交车direct Ice and Snow World, tickets 60 yuan. Sure enough, the Ice during the day and night different, although not brilliant night, but you can clearly see all the details. In daylight, the big chunks of ice as the water-like show slight blue, sparkling in the sun. There is too much, Peter and I was almost running in time only within the specified time view of each of the past attractions. Walking in the completely pure ice piled up inside the building, the sun through the Ice Wall, surrounded by a brightly lit, the feeling is very wonderful. Indeed, the ground was slippery, in addition to the ice inside the building itself, there are carved in the side after throwing the scraps in crushed ice, uneven, slippery, inattentive is easy Wei feet. Slope on a Great Wall, is the longest ever seen in Harbin ice chute, unfortunately too late to play. In addition to world-renowned buildings, parks corner of Heilongjiang Province, there are the characteristics of large cities according to their own structures of ice, snow sculpture also has a few, unfortunately without a high level such as the Sun Island Park.
Some people rent a small Snowfox photo, 5 yuan, a small fox, a white hair, the body image of the puppy, but a little pointed face more lovely than the dog, hold in his arms obediently, pink little nose crushed sesame seeds on the same The black dots.
If it is their own to come here, you can take the afternoon bus over, look at the Japanese scene, playing to the lighting to see night and dinner hot drinks in the garden of the house resolved, must be very value! Ice here and bigger than Tam, and built on an open empty field, line of sight without shelter stopped, not imaginary line. Tam, though small, there are special features as we see a lot of ice - pure sculpture, which is not installed lights at night to see is not clear, it is worth a look in the daytime, but in the effect of Siu Lun pictures may not be enough during the day is good, because the where there are rocks and trees, affecting sight. To say that the shortcomings of the two places, that is, too many billboards, both day and night it is difficult not bound by the lens.
Time back to the car, because of this a lot of people did not get off, so do not need to wait for those who do not punctual person. The only late in the morning egg on two others, palm drum guy, fortunately the rest of the people tend to be lenient with him, he did not return was.
Dumpling King for lunch in the East to solve the staple food all dumplings, coriander stuffing in my opinion the best.
Jilin's meal ticket distribution of the afternoon, applauding the guy started and guides from noon cotton, this moment pro-active to help sub-vote, which required six people to sit together, that nine individuals requested to sit together ... ... Peter and I The votes are the last to be tour guides to take over - and we only have two people here are not together!
Peter dissatisfied, so how can let others pick first? It is clear that votes have been clutching the hands of others, Hal ice trip also ended, and then there is no meaningful competition.
The final episode is a tour guide is directing the driver to get everyone to the Harbin Railway Station, it was found that the ticket is printed Harbin East Station. Immediate diversion Kazakhstan East Railway Station. 2016 sub-heading from Harbin, Jilin, Harbin station 14:20 departure, arriving the first leg of Kazakhstan's East Railway Station 14:50, from both Zhanshang Che can, Kazakhstan East Station were also some less.
In the other car when I want to buy some fruit, go out for two days, and we have no chance to buy. Although the station something expensive, less selling points is also not much money to spend, oranges do not need washing or peeling, is a good choice. One asking about the price, station kiosks orange 2 yuan / jin, very reasonable. Asked for a one bag, casually picking up a few. Put on a salesman to say - samgun. How many? I hardly doubt their own ears, but the other party immediately be confirmed. Count, a total of only nine small oranges, even samgun, according to my experience can buy a pound of eggs, 8 it! Well, thanks to smart as me, and I asked her to help me weigh 1.5 liters of mineral water on the counter - Fortunately, the water density is 1, no need to make additional calculations.
Buy oranges bought oranges, mineral water, said what? Sure enough, the woman did not dare.
I took psychological warfare, then you tell me in the end I bought a few catties!
She hesitated a moment, samgun, you Kan Ma.
I am not with her nonsense, this kind of black heart will be eating oranges uncomfortable.
When Peter returned to my seat to listen to tell a joke, such a hard process, such as a car is not so tough.
2016 belongs to pukuai, there Ruanxi, but we were all a hard-seat tickets. Tickets may not be all sold out, Peter and I finally sat together. During the half-way on and off the New Year very many people, mostly visiting relatives, and carrying a large bag of small burden, not a few stops on the carriage of the bristle Denden. Although there are seats, which are also having a hard time 5 hours. At such times is also the conductor of the selling squeeze to Jiqu, 2 yuan / root boiled corn, sticky taste is still quite attractive, he came back and forth in front of me four times before, I have four hard tolerance, etc. in five can not help, the old corn have all sold out! What good sorry. But leave the regret Ye Hao, in the future I will look forward to come here.
Nearly 6 o'clock evening train station to reach Jilin, Jilin station is very small, stand still a lot of them to stay outside the travel agency. Although the sky is already dark enough, or successful in finding them to stay guides. Ride dinner, the Korean flavor, stronger than in Harbin, more food, as well as Gourou Tang.
Dinner time and the regiment of a certain family of three sat together, that son of two eyebrows Xiao death Crayon Shin-chan, we for the first time with them at the same table. Each dish on a small New Dad have stood up and the long arm of a show, Kwame, Kwame, Kwame, to his three spoon, scoop to small and new to a small spoonful of a new mother, a spoonful of himself, half-dish twinkling of an eye disappear. Tray after tray of the case. Finally in order to care for their stomach, people who eat refined as I had to grab them.
Accommodation in the Songhua River, the other side of a hotel, name forgotten, the price is not very high, but me and Peter's room TV without remote control, air conditioning is not heating, and even drinking fountains is wrong with all its facilities are outdated. Jilin, Harbin, far less heating, the room actually felt cold, but fortunately only the night, enduring.
Six in the morning were by and large front to wake up and breakfast at the hotel in general. After dinner was arranged for the tourists CYTS on an IVECO, the other tourists on the one in the guest. Installation of 14 individuals and their luggage, Ivica Kose's slowly, the car did not even open heating, no cold in Harbin, I had the foot did not even have felt a chill. Last night and this morning, almost everyone asked twice whether the tour to see rime, the answer is regrettable that the Year of the Goat Chinese New Year the weather is good, the weather was too warm, do not form a rime.
反正也没见过雾淞，大家也没太多遗憾，顺利出发去北大湖滑雪场。
开出市区不远的路边，树上看见些白色的结晶，雾淞！雾淞！大家纷纷要求停车拍照。导游起先还有点不乐意，北大湖也有雾淞，比这好多了！见没人买她的帐，车也只好停下来。我也撺掇Peter下车，可是他嫌周围都是破房子，只肯给我拍一张，气死人了。
也多亏中途停了这几分钟车，北大湖根本就没有雾淞！雾淞其实就是大型的树挂，由于吉林松花江上游的丰满水电站发电放水，造成吉林松花江水温高，即使冬天也不封冻，加之这里冬天寒冷，江面蒸发的大量水蒸气遇冷凝结在江边的物体上，才形成这种著名的冬景。丰满放水、夜晚寒冷和无风是形成雾淞的三个充要条件。而北大湖并不临江，怎么可能有雾淞呢？
好在滑雪也是此行的一大要务。中国目前只有两个国际性的滑雪场：哈尔滨的亚布利和吉林的北大湖，而北大湖是其中离市区最近的，只有56公里。之前我没有滑过雪，不知道北京的滑道如何，北大湖的两条滑道陡缓各一，然而都宽阔平坦。从停车场往滑雪场走，脚下的雪厚可没足，踩上去咯吱咯吱直响。坐马拉爬犁上去10元/人，但我们喜欢听这声音，十几分钟就走上去。
旅行团给大家安排的是雪圈滑雪，Peter和我在太阳岛已经滑过了，所以就又交了95元/人玩两小时滑雪。贴出来的标价是180元（节日）/2小时，120元（平时）/2小时，这还只是租鞋钱，如果要租衣服和手套，还需要更多，价格似乎比北京贵一些。
换鞋出门，这是才见到真正的雪国的风貌。滑道两边的积雪都有20厘米厚，土石上、树桩上，没有人惊扰的积雪保留着它们落地后的姿态，就象欲流的白色奶油。枯枝、树林、蓝天、雪野，世界纯净得仿佛未曾食过人间烟火一般，所有的一切都是明亮的、安静的、纯洁的。在这种时候，汉语可能要用很多词藻才能描述，还是英语里一个词很贴切—— peaceful，就是它，peaceful！
Peter和我都是菜鸟，摔跤肯定是短不了的，然而跌倒在厚厚的雪里，一点都不疼。可能是因为温度低的缘故，这里的雪很难攥成团，抓在手里，仍然是一把雪粉。玩热了，把外套脱下来扔在雪地上，只穿着一件毛衣也不觉得冷。阳光是那么柔和温暖，有时摔倒了就索性仰面躺下，真想就这样舒舒服服睡上一大觉。
两个小时很快就结束，我终于学会了停，还是一个个头才到我腰的当地小男孩教给我的。最后一次从初级道上滑下来，干净利索的停在Peter面前，我们的雪国之行也即将叫停了。
别的人还在玩雪圈滑雪，50元不限时，我们不想玩了，Peter又对50元兜一圈的雪地摩托没兴趣，于是我们两个绕到屋后，离开人群，去寻找原始的雪原。钻过树林，路过一个冰封小水塘，穿过雪地摩托的“公路”，喧嚣声立刻被隔离在世外。我们沿着林中小路上山，雪几乎高过我的靴子，阳光透过树枝斑驳照在脸上身上，白雪覆盖下的世界只有我们两个。
没有爬山的时间，走了一小段路就回头了，只有身后的足迹记得我们来过这里，记得Peter和我，曾经独享过这一片寂静温柔的山林。
回到集合地点又等了十几分钟，看到旁边VIP俱乐部不停地把一些会员用雪地摩托送上山，有个老头，怀里酷酷的抱着一个单板，好羡慕啊。
在山脚还有动力滑翔伞，200元/人，我们在敦煌见的好像没这么贵，没有玩。
午餐在附近村子里吃当地农家菜，青菜少，干菜多，有种土豆干特别有味道，至于厨艺就不敢恭维了。农家有热炕，可是我们的团没有订。
原本饭后的行程是徒步穿越林海雪原，可是席间得到不好的消息——回北京的车票还没有着落，我们必须立刻返回市区。虽然旅行社肆意改变行程，但大家都没什么异议，回程的车上，沉默得有点人心惶惶的味道。已经跑到山上钻过树棵子了，Peter和我倒不十分遗憾。
进入市区，车停在一个矗立着伟大领袖毛主席雕像的广场边，导游让大家下车，说广场有东北大秧歌表演，旁边还有一个土特产商店可以购物。先看大秧歌，一群老太太带几个老头子，带着满脑袋假头发假花，穿着大红大绿的衣服，脸上抹得红红白白，一点美感都没有。再进商店，里面和哈尔滨的中俄贸易市场类似，什么好东西都没有。失望之余四处溜达，可是四周边全寻觅过，竟然连一个小商店都看到！又是旅行社安排的购物！
半个小时后回到车里，形势忽然明朗了：原来海外旅行社（也就是我们的地接社）只拿到了11张回京卧铺票，可是我们的团有39个人，也就是说只有中青旅的14个人能直接回北京，而且这14个中青旅的人中还得留下3个。与我们同车的一个三口之家刚刚被动员离开。我们领到了车票，其余的人就没这么幸运，他们要先搭4小时高速大巴到沈阳，再从那里换火车回北京。如果是第二天的火车票，Peter和我倒很愿意再增加一个沈阳一日游，反正我们也都又请了两天年假。
大问题一解决，导游的心情好很多，我们的要求被一一满足。先参观松花江畔教堂——在很多关于吉林和雾淞的图片上都有，属于标志性建筑。教堂建在松花江边，面对寒冬都不结冰松花江水，朴素的灰色与周围萧瑟的北国精致十分协调，这是一个哥特式的天主教堂，而且还在使用中，只在礼拜日和宗教节日开放。我们在外面拍了很多照片，3点钟吉林的阳光已经呈现出夕阳特有的金黄，适宜拍照。江堤上有很多照相的摊子，展出很多他们拍的雾淞照片，从来没想过雾淞是这么神奇——毛茸茸、沉甸甸，好像草树长出了水晶的针叶——现在每个人都感到有些遗憾了。
到当地一家X客隆采购当晚给养，门口有卖松子的，12元/斤，外观还不错，毫不犹豫称了一斤，回家后发现上当，几乎每颗都是苦的，和哈尔滨买的那些简直不可同日而语。悔啊，为什么当时没有多买些呢？不死心又买了桔子，还是2元/斤，但是这次3元买了7个（1.5斤）。
5点多到车站等，六点上火车，T272次吉林—北京站，硬卧290元，第二日早6点抵京。晚餐、Peter和其他人玩了会儿牌，早早爬上铺睡觉。早上5点被Peter喊醒，睡意朦胧中刷牙洗脸，似乎这几天也是这么迷迷糊糊的结束的。
在这个温暖的春节长假里，北京的天格外得好，下车后发现只有我们两个人穿着厚厚的衣服、裹着围巾帽子、背着大包，我还拎着一双臭鞋（在哈尔滨买的靴子），好像是两个节后早来的民工。
我的温暖的雪国之旅啊，令人难言满足。今后每个冬天我都会怀念她，那些握在手里都不会凝结的晶莹的雪粉，冰块里一串串珍珠般的小气泡，走在雪地上脚下咯吱咯吱雪的声音，还有，在那里Peter和我一起找回的童真的梦。
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