DAY#5
Opening ceremonies were last night. I tell you what I am so glad that they were inside the figure skating rink. It was unbelievably cold outside last night. I think -30, no joke. The kind of cold that freezes your lungs and jeans within seconds. It has been a long time since I felt cold like that. It was cold. It is unthinkable to think we might have been outside for them.
Harbin is bidding for the 2018 Olympics. I am finding that website and “X'ing” that fantasy of theirs when I get home. I can not imagine sitting in a stadium for that opening ceremony. The death rate would raise during those days, a way to control the population though huh. But they do know how to put a show on. I was impressed. Really neat things they did with the song and dance.

Philosophy so far in Harbin:
1 Trip to China $2000
Plate of pigs feet $2.00
Drinking Instant coffee $.50 AND Leann making it
Special K bar/Wheat Thins Dinner last night
Chinese People taking care of me PRICELESS
Staring and drinking way too much bottled water, but having a great experience that I will never forget!
1:30 am NIGHT