26 January, 2004
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 What's a church without pigeons? |
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 I really like scale models! |
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 The church ceiling. Mum asked a tour guide how they changed the lightbulbs - turns out they can lower the whole chandelier on its chain. |
 There were lots of tourists. |
It's a beautiful old church. The style rather reminds me of Russian architecture (never mind that I don't know what Russian architecture is like!). It certainly doesn't look Chinese at all.
The next, and last stop in Harbin, was Zhongyang Pedestrian Street. It's a pretty old street with cobblestones and shops.
 This kind of sunlight is typical. The sun just never gets very high in the sky. |
 One of three Lane Crawfords in China (the other two are in Hong Kong and Shanghai). |
 One of the side streets leading off Zhongyang. |
 McDonald's is the same everywhere. |
 A DNA-shaped streetlight! |
We didn't buy anything on Zhongyang - we were just there to window shop, see what Harbin stores were like, and all that. I did get a Nemo plush for 15 yen at McDonald's, though! A good deal if you ask me. (You can see the Nemo soft toy in the McDonald's picture, hanging from the ceiling).
Then, finally, it was time to get back onto the train for Beijing. We would be on the train for about eighteen hours. Surprisingly, I wasn't bored at all! At home we're rarely cooped up together with nothing to do, so it was a good opportunity to talk. (and eat snacks, haha!)
 Harbin station. |
 It was sad watching out the window as the snow disappeared. |
 Not one sun, but three - thanks to the double-paned window! |
 Beijing station. |
We spent the night on the train. I wasn't expecting anything fancy from the kitchens, but they managed to put ten dishes on our table for three. I quickly wished I hadn't eaten all those snacks!
All photos, graphics, layout and text on the following pages are © Denise Chan 2004, unless otherwise stated; please ask before using any of them. My email is denise at idenise dot net.
(Feel free to use any photo you like as wallpaper on your desktop, or your own personal use - just don't take them and use them on a website or other publication without appropriate credit.)
The dragon in the title graphic is a scanned ink drawing of my own, and the font used is 'Chinese Takeaway' by Pizzadude.
The decorative pattern used for the top corners was copied from a window frame.
The tree background is from a photograph I took on the train from Harbin to Beijing.