Fairbank’s Ice Museum is in an old theatre. From the front it didn’t look modern but as we had travelled from literally the other side of the world we decided to go in anyway. At first it didn’t look like much and then the owner came out and guided us through the exhibitions. The secret was to go through the door and ride the slide. It was great fun and I wanted to do it again, but he was excited to show us what was next. I’m pretty sure it was the first and only ice slide I had ridden.

The owner had been an ice carver for several decades, he had amazing skills and had won many competitions. After showing us all of his sculptures, he gave us an ice carving demonstration. WOW. We were in awe. We had never seen anything like it.