The 2010 Vancouver Olympics.
Cheryl and I went up to Vancouver last weekend with her mom, sister and the brother-in-law. Sarah, Cheryl's sis, has a friend who sold us tickets to Curling. Okay, curling, I know, I know ("Canadian Bowling")...but it was really fun and it's the Olympics. We headed up early and left our two boys and Sarah and Mike's twin girls with Daco, aka. Grandpa. He had help from the entire neighborhood stopping in all day to make sure the kids were okay. We made our way across an undelayed border, parked on a cozy side street of south Van., jumped on the underground train to downtown and began to roam the city and people watch. It was great.
The Canadian fans were everywhere and very vocal. The city's heart was shut down to traffic and jammed full of people from all over the world. Vancouver is normally a very metropolitan city, but wow, I have never heard so many different languages in one place! The Olympics and the beautiful weather made for an amazing downtown spectacle.
These Canadian mitts were the hit of the day. Tons of folks were sporting the red covers and Cheryl just could not pass up these hands, and these two ladies.
Cheryl and I went up to Vancouver last weekend with her mom, sister and the brother-in-law. Sarah, Cheryl's sis, has a friend who sold us tickets to Curling. Okay, curling, I know, I know ("Canadian Bowling")...but it was really fun and it's the Olympics. We headed up early and left our two boys and Sarah and Mike's twin girls with Daco, aka. Grandpa. He had help from the entire neighborhood stopping in all day to make sure the kids were okay. We made our way across an undelayed border, parked on a cozy side street of south Van., jumped on the underground train to downtown and began to roam the city and people watch. It was great.
The Canadian fans were everywhere and very vocal. The city's heart was shut down to traffic and jammed full of people from all over the world. Vancouver is normally a very metropolitan city, but wow, I have never heard so many different languages in one place! The Olympics and the beautiful weather made for an amazing downtown spectacle.These Canadian mitts were the hit of the day. Tons of folks were sporting the red covers and Cheryl just could not pass up these hands, and these two ladies.
We enjoyed the city for a while then headed back via underground train to the curling center. It was a short ride to the station followed by a neighborhood walk to the venue. It was located in the middle of a quite area of houses and surrounded by banners, flags, fences and people.
The lines to get in were long but moving. The security screening was similar to any average airport, and when I reached the metal detectors I chose to surrender my pocket knife instead of hiding it in some one's landscaping and waiting in line again. As we prepped out tickets we noticed for the first time our seat were in Row 1. We would be sitting right up front.
Indeed when we found the seats we were seated less then 15 feet from the ice smack dab in front of the US team; who were competing against Great Britain.
Cheryl didn't need to zoom in much for the day's photos. We also had the privilege of being next to the US Team skipper's family, and also a very friendly gentleman who helped us through a lot of the more technical points of the sport. Our team did well but in the end was defeated by the Brits by one point.
Indeed when we found the seats we were seated less then 15 feet from the ice smack dab in front of the US team; who were competing against Great Britain.Cheryl didn't need to zoom in much for the day's photos. We also had the privilege of being next to the US Team skipper's family, and also a very friendly gentleman who helped us through a lot of the more technical points of the sport. Our team did well but in the end was defeated by the Brits by one point. 
The Canadian team defeated the Swiss soundly and the place erupted periodically when the Canadians made a good move, even more when the final rock was thrown.
The team from Norway....well the pants say it all. (Click the link for their Facebook.)
...and when we finally noticed who the AP photographer was shooting just a few seats down, we just had to get a picture of him too. He's got a few years on him but he is still the same guy with Olympic medals in the 100, 200, Long Jump, and 4x100.
Tony
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