We purposely bought airline tickets back to Beijing for late in the day, so we could have a little more time in Harbin. After riding around the city the day before, we felt like we could find our way back to some of the things we had seen from the bus. Our first stop was back to one of the main areas of the city to see the Russian church that was built when they first founded the city. It is no longer used for church services, but it does contain pictures of how the city has changed over the years. (This has nothing to do with the church, but we loved how blue and clear the sky was.)
We left the Russian Orthodox Church in search a the Jewish Synagogue. We were able to snap a few pictures of the city as we walked along. When we reached the synagogue, we found out that it is used as a museum also.
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| Jewish Synagogue |
Our last stop was the river, and the best way to get there was by taking the walking street again. Everything looked a little different in the daylight, but we also noticed as few things we didn't see in our evening walks.
We finally made it to the river and found plenty of people having a very good time. Someone told us that the river has about six feet of ice on it. If you zoom in on the following pictures, you will see cars out on it. This is just one more reason why people come to Harbin in the winter. The people also told us that this city is very beautiful in the summer, and we should come back. Who knows?
We did find our way to the airport as the sun was starting to set. In all - it turned out to be a very fun trip. We were looking forward to the balmy temperatures of zero degrees fahrenheit in Beijing, but certainly not the air pollution. I guess you just can't have everything, but we do have some great memories of our adventure in Harbin.
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