One busy day in Harbin

Our first morning in China we got up and our group, now we were more, jumped into our cheufeur driven car with our friend from the night before. We had a big day ahead of us.

First stop, the launch of the Harbin Cold Zone Festival. We were treated like VIP's and Marmot Moose got a part time job working for China TV

 It was fantastic. Complete with speeches from delegates from other countries in other coolish areas, and confetti.

If you look closely you might see Mayor Mandel from Edmonton up there.

After the opening ceremonies, we walked around the Conference Center where there were various exhibits for people who live in 'the cold zone'. We showed off Jasper, and also got to meet Santa from Yakutz in Russia. Along with so many other things there was a fashion show, and of course how can you live in the cold without Polish Vodka worth over $100 per bottle... we didn't buy any. 

Next part of the day was even more exciting.