Just today I was told by Sanbo that the Winter Festival was ending tomorrow which threw a spanner in my works because I have only just realised that the Winter Festival was even going on. Looking over the events now there is an outdoor skating rink and a bright "ding" metaphorically resounds in my head to conjure up memories of skating in Nanjing outdoors on the large frozen river where all you could see beyond the horizon was more ice.

It was a daunting experience skating all the way out whilst everyone else was hundreds of metres away but nonetheless memorable. Above you snow gently floating through the crisp winter breeze and all around you was a plain of ice stretching as far as the eye can see. Underneath you you would hope that the water is frozen solid for metres but you can never be sure. Taking it all in I would think sublime would be the most appropriate word to describe the feeling but knowing the 10 year old me "oooh" was all I could probably muster up.

The alternative would be doing this overseas perhaps in the UK or in the very cliche location of Central Park at night but cliches are cliches until you try it personally.

That or finding someone to share the experience!