The weather in Kemi is more like we were
expecting. Through the storm you can almost see the Hesburger restaurant
where we are stunned by the incomprehensible menu items. It is like
McDonald's but the name of every sandwich has over twenty letters.
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We break down and go to the Snow Castle
Hotel. I figure it might be nice to see what the local art students
build each winter. At first it looks like a horrible disappointment and
the goofy snowball characters will be the biggest highlight, but that is
before we see some of the rooms.
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The hotel rooms, which cost $100 per person,
are open for viewing during the day. You get the feeling that nobody
really stays there. This room has the lights embedded in the ice wall.
The beds are blocks of ice with sheepskins on them. You are given
high-tech sleeping bags to sleep in if you rent a room. It's still
bone-chillingly cold no matter how much they charge.
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The lobby has this mammoth
ice sculpture. The rooms are igloos arranged around the lobby on two
levels. I'm still wondering how they built an igloo on an igloo. I'm
pretty sure that scaffolding was involved.
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I laughed at each room having a fire alarm
wedged into the ice ceiling, but I had to take a picture of the fire
alarm button and fire extinguisher.
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Then we saw the murals carved into the ice
wall of the restaurant. I was transported by all the fine details.
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Can you see the face of the man with a beard
in the middle of the picture?
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Here is another wall in the tavern, this one
decorated with a brilliant sun.
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