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Lori’s Olympic reflections
A sea of red wherever you looked – on my flight arriving in Vancouver, in the Toronto and Vancouver airports, on the streets, on the buildings, in the stores, on the buses
Red Canadian hockey shirts on everyone from babes in arms (where did they find them so small), moms and dads, kids of all sizes, grandpas and grammas and even the dogs
Red, white, yellow, black, grey Canada sweatshirts from Zellers and The Bay
Red HBC mittens, now one of the informal mascots of the games – I could have sold mine a number of times
Canadian flags flying from balconies, trees, hedges, tied around necks like a cape, in the hands of everyone walking down any street
Long lineups at every attraction
Great volunteer outfits – the turquoise colour was a good choice
Beautiful fireworks everynight – I saw them from my apartment
Happy, friendly people from all over the world
Only one grumpy bus driver that I encountered
Masses of pin traders from all over the world – there were at least 20 in a row one morning in front of the building where I was working
Getting up close and personal with the Olympic flame
Great transportation to and from the venues and riding free with my accreditation any day
Not enough public washrooms
Not enough public TV’s around town to view the events when walking around
Seeing the Olympic rings change colours at night when we won a medal
Enthusiasm of the hockey fans
Enthusiasm of all Canadians seen firsthand when walking around Van
Excellent network coverage of the games
Enjoying the volunteers I worked with and met from all over BC, Vancouver, Winnipeg, Ontario, Montreal, Switzerland!
Catching up with my cousin and good friend, both of whom I have not seen for years
5 days of sunny weather without any rain
Getting out to Whistler
Sleeping in
Parents pushing baby strollers through the throngs of people – those poor kids!
Best dressed country outfits – The Russians hands down. The red and white combinations on their jackets, hats, vests, coats, boots, scarves all stood out in any crowd – even better than ours. We had the advantage as there were more of us Canadians.
True Vancouverites wearing shorts regardless of the weather
Flowers and trees in full bloom in February
Dog owners dragging their poor dogs through the throngs of people – cannot they not leave them at home?
A new version of “street meat” hotdogs called the Japadog – the japanese version of a hot dog – they advertise it as a type of bratwurst but loaded with seaweed and a spicy mustard. Did not try one but of course there were lineups to buy one – I am not big on hot dogs anyway….
My wonderful nephew, Dan, and his British Bulldog, Margo,for welcoming me to Vancouver and letting me share their home for two weeks. I think it is time I went home as Margo is starting to like me……
Last but not least – the beautiful views of Vancouver with the mountains in the background. I love living on the water, but there is something about the mountains too!
That is it – I know I have probably forgotten a few things that I wanted to tell people about but oh well, I cannot remember everything!
My experience as a volunteer for Vancouver 2010 has been wonderful and more than I imagined so I am planning to volunteer for London 2012.
See you all at home soon.
Lori
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Vancouver: Day 14
I had a day off today but have seen all that I wanted in Vancouver so volunteered to work today outside at the cauldron – they are still shortstaffed. In fact, today in the Vancouver Sun there was a snippet that Olympic officials were surprised at the enthusiasm of the crowds to see the flame – duh! What were they thinking? Of course everyone wants to see the cauldron! The lineups each day are 30-40 minutes to walk up along an elevated walkway and see it up close. Not as close as I got but the walkway is at the same level of the flame so you can get a nice pic up there. This lineup is the shortest lineup in town as the lineups still at the Mint and the zip line are 4-6 hrs long.
I was up in the lifeguard stand again today, welcoming everyone to the Olympic cauldron and directing them where to lineup.It is alot of fun up there and being outside with everyone. The sun even came out for a bit today and it was quite warm.
I had a celebrity sighting today in the IBC – Brian Williams! He is quite short! Funny how celebrities seem so much “taller” on TV.
Tomorrow I am working my last shift at the Transportation Desk at 6:30 am and then at 3:00 there is a short appreciation “party” for all the volunteers. I will make an appearance and then head home to pack and get to the airport to fly out at 11 pm. I guess this will be my last regular blog if I want everyone to read it before the weekend because of the time difference. Speaking of my blog, this is probably way too late, but I noticed that only one person has made a comment on my blog pages – I guess my friends who are reading it don’t know that you can go to the bottom of each day and add a comment. Kevin Anderson, former Trenton councillor and Adam’s swim coach made a comment on the day I wrote about the history of the medals. Oh well – too late now to make any comments friends, I will be home in another day so please just call and let me know if you liked my blog. My kids did not even comment either……
I have also done a separate blog page on my Olympic reflections – basically a summary of my 2 weeks as a volunteer. Hope you enjoy reading it. I had a blast here in Vancouver as a volunteer and a wonderful experience I won’t forget. Thanks for reading and hope to see everyone soon.
Go Canada Go!
Cheers – Lori
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Vancouver – Day 13?
As promised I am at Whistler in a little boulangerie cafe, blogging to you all. Unfortunately the day is overcast and cloudy and it is hard to see very far up the hill, but it is quite impressive here.
I took the bus from the main media centre this morning at 7 am – had to wait till all the media got on to see if I would get a seat but I was good to go. I was able to get a pass from my supervisor to be able to get on the bus. My feeling is that they don’t advertise it but if you ask they will give you a pass to get up there – that saved me about $70 which was the cost of a greyhouse bus, the only way to get here if you don’t have an even ticket for today. It takes 2.5 hrs. from downtown Vancouver though so it is quite the ride. The views along the way were very scenic but could have been nicer if the sun was shining. We did not hit any snow on the ground until just outside of the village and we have had a few snowflakes this morning, but mostly it has just been raining. It is not that crowded yet in the village either. CTV broadcasts from here and has a stage set up and they were interviewing the biathalon team this morning as I walked by.
I have not been to Whistler for 30 years and obviously it has changed alot – I actually don’t remember too much about what the village looked like all those years ago but I do know it was nothing like it is today. There are 2 major hotels here, the Westin and Hilton – quite impressive! Lots of condos right on the village square and coming up the road to the village. My only memory of skiing at Whistler all those years ago was finding myself on a black diamond mogul run and crying at the top wondering how the heck I was going to get down! I think we stayed right here somewhere in the village, but my memory is blank about it. I have a good memory but it is short……
Lots of ski shops and souvenir shops everywhere. There are also a couple of spas which I am sure are pricey. Lots of families here skiing also. Too bad it was not a nicer day as I could have sat outside in one of the pubs overlooking the hill – not today though, too cold and wet.
I will take the noon bus back and do more sightseeing in Vancouver of the places I have not been yet. Unfortunately, all the pavilions representing all the provinces have huge lineups and they usually are not that good once you get inside. I had a great day yesterday with a friend and swimming parent from Lindsay who is also volunteering here and was stationed at the Oval and who saw lots of speedskating – lucky her. We walked around Granville Island which is actually a penninsula and very touristy with lots of artists who have stores there selling jewellery and lots of glassware and of course the usual souvenir shops. Then we headed off to meet other swimming friends who live in Vancouver for dinner and watched a bit of the hockey game before they headed off to the Victory Ceremony. It would have been great to be in the stadium last night to see Ashleigh McIvor get her gold medal for ski cross. The crowd had lots to cheer for last night – her gold medal and of course the Canadian hockey win. I wandered around town last night on my way home which happened to be after the hockey game and the town was crazy as anticipated. I knew we had won by all the honking, screaming and general noise going on. All the men in town must love it when we win a hockey game as all the teenage girls go crazy screaming and yelling and wanting to hug everyone in sight!
Big snowflakes coming now – I would not want to get stranded here so I will be sure to get the noon bus home. There was a huge garbage truck that had slipped off the road into the ditch a few miles out of the village as I guess the roads were a bit slick.
Steve emailed that Toronto had a dump of snow on Monday but did not tell me if we got any in Brighton/Belleville. It would be nice to have some but I am ready for spring after being here for 2 weeks. All the cherry trees are in blossom as are the rhodendrums and all the spring flowers are popping up everywhere.
Will write my last blog tomorrow after doing the last bit of sightseeing as I work on Friday morning and then will head to the airport directly after to catch the red-eye home. There is a volunteer “party” Friday afternoon after my shift so will try to drop in for a few minutes.
Have a great Wednesday everyone.
Cheers!
Lori signing off from Whistler Village.
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Vancouver – continuation of Day ? which is Sunday
I arrived at work today, Sunday with warmer clothes in case they wanted me to go outside again and work at the Olympic flame area. They did need help so off I went bundled up with boots, mitts and my Canada sweatshirt along with all the volunteer gear. They put me with Kevin whom I worked with yesterday and I think we are a good team. He sat on the lifeguard chair with the megaphone and I answered questions when asked. It was a busy place yesterday and the lineups to get up to see the flame were at times only 30 minutes which is a short lineup as I mentioned most lineups around town are 4 hours. Actually I talked to another volunteer and she lined up yesterday at the Mint where you can view and actually touch one of the medals and she had to leave after 4 hours as she had to go to work. Apparently the lineup was another 2 hrs long! Crazy. I read in the paper that the lineups at the zip line are now 7 hours long – who would wait that long for a 30 second zip??Obviously some people are doing that because the person who they interviewed is going back again!
Not sure if I mentioned this but whenever Canada wins a medal, a huge foghorn sounds so yesterday we heard it at the flame but we did not know who had won – it turned out that it was Kristina Groves, the speedskater who won silver. Everyone cheers when that happens wherever they are.
Also, the Olympic rings turn the colour of the medal that has been won.
After dinner, I had to sit up on the lifeguard chair and belt out the announcement over the megaphone – it was fun and I got right into it!
We were expecting a big, noisy, crazy crowd if Canada had won the hockey game, but as everyone knows, that did not happen and the atmosphere was a bit subdued. Too bad as it would have been fun. Oh well, we have another chance later on.
Unfortunately, in my opinion, organizers did not do a good job with the facilities around the Olympic torch. They only opened up the platform last Wed. for visitors to actually get close to the flame instead of taking pictures through the chain link fence, which was a great idea, but other things are lacking in the area. There are no toilets or port-a-pottys anywhere close, no food vendors, no where to buy souvenirs unless you go off the square. They missed a great opportunity I think because the crowds want to spend money!
One more day of volunteering tomorrow and then I am off for 3 days. On my first day off I am meeting a friend and we will see more of the sights and then on Wed. I am going to Whistler for the day Keep your fingers crossed that the nice weather holds as apparently more rain is coming the end of the week and I would like to enjoy the Whistler views in sunshine. Working on Friday morning and then flying home on the red eye Friday night. Cannot believe my Olympic adventure is almost over.
Will talk soon.
Lori
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Vancouver – Day? Lost track of the days…
I have been here a week already and can hardly believe it. Everyday I have seen more and more people in town and it has been getting busier and more crowded as the week has progressed.
Worked my first morning shift on Friday and it was a bit difficult to get up at 5 am to head downtown. The buses don’t run as frequently that early and it is quiet when you get to work too. I was back in the International Broadcast Centre which is even quieter as that is where the networks are set up but now it seems that most of the media know where they need to go. My most frequent question was where the washrooms were!
After work I took the seabus over to North Van to stay with my friend again overnight – we had a nice evening with some of their friends. One friend is working up at the biathalon up in Squamish – it is long days for her also. She stays in a cruise ship up in the harbour there and only comes back to Van on her days off.
I was working on Saturday afternoon so needed to get back to Van for work by 2:30 pm and we were not sure about the crowds seeing as it was a Saturday so I went back to the seabus early and you would not have believed the lineup – they announced it was a 2 hour wait! Yikes. Luckily they give the volunteers special preference so I was able to go to the front of the line and go on the first bus – they run back and forth every 12 minutes. As we arrived, we were then stuck on the ramp off the bus for about 10 minutes and no indication why – I guess just volume of people. It was a bit scary as there were so many people. The subways were backed up too – it was crazy in the city. Van is going to be absolutely CRAZY tonight, Sunday, if Canada wins the USA/Canada game which starts at 4 pm. In a way, I am not looking forward to it as the crowds are already crazy but it will be more so this afternoon before, during and after the game. People are on the skytrain (subway) and all of a sudden someone will just start to yell, go Canada, and everyone around them starts screaming!
Last night at work, they needed volunteers to go out and help out with crowd control around the Olympic flame so I went out for a few hours and ended up going back after dinner. Actually it was alot of fun – again the crowds are crazy and you can hardly get down the street. There has been alot of controversay about the fence around the flame and it has been hard for visitors to take an unobscured picture of the flame because there is a chain link fence around it. So they moved the fence closer to the flame and cut out a section around eye level to me so that you can stick your camera through that and take a pic without the fence being in the pic. But you can hardly get close to the fence because of the crowds. So they went further and have now arranged for the tourists to line up to go up to a platform above the flame where you can see and take pics of the flame and of the Olympic rings in the harbour. We had to direct everyone where to line up to see the flame. We also gave out directions all night to the other venues – I learned alot last night from one of the guys I was working with as he is a true Vancouverite – there are not alot of them around. Most people now living in Vancouver have moved here from other parts of Canada and the world.
Anyway, the volunteer I was working with was a hoot – he was sitting up on a lifeguard stand with a megaphone and announcing where to line up to view the flame and he was cracking jokes with the tourists and they loved him! Most of the tourists are happy and very patriotic – it was a sea of red and white, from sweatshirts, hats, toques, tattoos on cheeks, dogs with Canada hats and sweaters, a guy in a Santa Clause suit, lots of the Dr. Seuss red and white top hats! Everything you can imagine, I have seen it.
Later, I went up to the flame platform to direct the crowds and to take pics of groups to get the crowds moving along as the lineup was still going strong at 9:30 when it was supposed to close. I have to admit, it is a great view from the platform and worth the lineup at 1.5 hrs. That is the shortest lineup in town – everything else is a 4 hrs lineup.
I had the best view of the flame though as I told you a few days ago – I was able to actually go up and touch the pillars. That has changed now for the volunteers too – they have put a fence around it on that side too, so it was lucky that I went when I did.
Still trading pins and have got a few good ones. Last night we went online to see the value of some of the pins and we have discovered that some of us have some valuable ones! Some $8. pins are now worth over $30. Not that we would sell them or anything…. My whole lanyard is filled with pins but I have decided to take off most of them as I get asked many times during the day if I want to trade, and now I don’t want to trade any of the ones I have. I will just leave a few on there that I want to trade with.
Another beautiful day here – crocus and daffodils are up all over! It is a bit early even for Van but the weather has been so warm it is not unusual for this to happen. It is colder at night though so I am taking warmer clothes with me today when heading to work so that if I am outside again today, I will be comfortable.
Have a great day and GO CANADA!
Lori
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Vancouver: Day 7?
I have lost track of the days – Steve left for Florida today for a few days golfing with his brother and I did not even wish him a good trip because I forgot this was the day he was leaving. It is crazy when you are out of your routine – the days all run together and I have no idea of what the date is!
I am off today and got up early to head for the Rihcmond Oval to try to buy a speedskating ticket to see the ladies 1000 metre final. It was a bit of a trek to get there as you take the new Skytrain to a certain point, get off and wait for another train and then when you exit the train you have to walk 1.5 km to the oval. It is a nice walk along the river though. Even though you don’t really know where you are going, you just follow the crowd.
I lined up to see if I could buy a ticket and when I got to the ticket window all that was left were the expensive tickets – $200 each. Nothing in the B section unfortunately and I decided not to buy it for a few minute race (even though there were 2 Canadians in the race) as there were no other races except this final. It would have been great to be in the oval though as I just heard on the TV that Christine Nesbitt won the gold medal – guess I should have bought the ticket…… I could not even get close to the oval because you needed a ticket to get in – so I don’t have a great picture either of the oval. I tried to get in with my accreditation but they were not buying it – I still needed a ticket to even get onto the oval grounds. Too bad…..
It is great being here for the Olympics as I love watching all the Olympics and my schedule works great for me – when working in the afternoon I get up and watch the morning events, go to work and watch the afternoon events on all the screens in the building I am in or on our computers. I am hardly missing anything! Tomorrow is my first morning shift and I have to be at work by 6:30 am so that will be tough.
Everyday CTV shows these short episodes where they have interviewed the athletes and sometimes their families and sponsors – called the Difference Makers with Rick Hansen – you have probably seen them if you have been watching on CTV. Well I have to tell you – they choke me up! Good thing I am watching them on my own because sometimes I tear up during these episodes when the athlete talks about being where she is because of a special sponsor, or the athlete talking of the family support that they have received or the struggles they have experienced. I just watched one while writing this which made me want to write about it and share this with the readers. I think I am emotional when watching and hearing these vignettes because of Adam’s Olympic journey and all the struggles he had making the Olympic team and all the years of training and the ups and downs that he experienced that we his family can relate to. I hope that is it………if not there is something wrong with me…..
It was an absolutely beautiful day here today – around 16 degrees and very warm. Cannot believe the weather here for February and it is supposed to be nice for the next few days. Good for the tourists but not great for some of the events. I don’t know why I brought any other clothes other than my Canada sweatshirt as that is the only thing I wearon my days off when walking around – you want everyone to know you are Canadian!
That is it for now…talk soon.
Lori
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More from Vancouver
Not sure I have been clear on what I do in my volunteer position. VANOC, the Olympic governing body, provides transportation to all the media to all the venues and also to their hotels. There is a schedule of buses for each venue and we provide the information to media where to pick up the bus and at what time. We also provide shuttles for VIP’s to get to the events and venues also.
My job is not what I expected,(I thought I would be actually scheduling media) but that is okay – basically we at the Transportation Desk just provide transportation information to any media who stops by. I am having fun with it. My co-volunteer workers are really nice – all of them have been from around the Vancouver area. Some are retired, some have full time jobs and are just volunteering on weekends but all just have a love of the Olympics and wanted to be involved.
Also wanted to psss on this Olympic tidbit which I did not know until I saw it last night at the Victory Ceremony. There was a preview of the Haida artist who was commissioned to make the Olympic medals. What I did not know was that each of the medals are unique – no two are alike. She basically painted a huge picture and then each medal was cut out of the picture and formed using either gold silver or bronze. When interviewed she said that if you put all the medals together in the right position, they would make the picture that she had drawn (I believe it was of a huge Raven bird). I found that very interesting and hope the readers do too! You can go to the Mint here in Vancouver to see how the medals were made, but unfortunately the lineups yesterday were 4 hrs long also, so
I did not go. Will try again later.
Enjoy your day.
L
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Vancouver: Day 5
Started out early this morning to see the sights of Vancouver – at least it is not raining today! Headed straight for Robson Square to see how long the lineup was for the zip line ride. When I got there the line up was huge and was already 4 hours long! This was at 9:30 am and the place did not even open till 10am! So needless to say I was not hanging around for 4 hours for a 30 second ride. Too bad cause it did look like fun.
Unfortunately, there are huge lineups for alot of the activities. I lined up for 30 minutes to get into LiveCity which featured Ontario House and Manitoba House and quite frankly it was not worth it. Some interactive things to do, if you wanted to have your pic taken in a bobsled, then that is the place for you! But I was not interested in that.
Most of the locations do not even open till 11am which is too bad because there are lots of people milling around alot earlier than that. Anyway it was fun walking around – some of the streets have been blocked off to traffic so it is easier to get around.
On the Vancouver 2010 website there is a list of free things to do which I downloaded and just went to the places that sounded interesting. Did not get to everything but I have more days off next week so will check out more places. I found a couple of pin traders and traded for a few new pins – unfortunately I had to give up my CTV pin but I traded it for a St. Patricks Day Vancouver 2010 pin, which I wanted. I will have to keep my eyes out for the CTV guys at work today to see if I can get another one.
I scored the last ticket (but there were still empty seats in the stadium when the show started) to get into the Victory Ceremony last night to see Mike Robertson get his Silver medal for men’s snowboard cross. It was amazing to be at BC Place to see that – the whole room was screaming when he walked out – If you saw it on TV you know what I am talking about. Afterwards, the Bare Naked Ladies played and it was good – I am not a huge fan of theirs but they did interact with the crowd and they definitely were excited to be there. It was great to be part of it.
This city is hockey crazy and the whole city cheers when Canada scores and I am sure you can hear it everywhere – the car horns honk, people scream and cheer and make lots of noise. You certainly will know when Canada scores if you are just walking around the city when the game is on.
There are no tickets available online for any speed skating events but you can go onto the ticket website and fans who had tickets are selling them there – if you can afford it. A ticket which initially costs $89 is now costing $600 – $1200 if you can believe it! Apparently I have heard that they release tickets just before the competition and it was suggested just to go out to the Oval and see if any are available, so I am going to do that tomorrow Hopefully I will get lucky.
Off to my 3rd day at work today, Wednesday.
Stay tuned for more…..
Lori
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Vancouver: Day 4
Second day at work. Lots of security in all the official buildings, so you have to check in each time upon entering and they scan your ID to make sure you are who you are- when they scan your ID your picture flashes up on a computer screen. Sometimes they also do a random check and you have to unload your backpack through one of the airport security sanners. I saw a security officer with one of those mirrors on a long pole looking under a big bus which was parked near the Main Media Centre – I am assuming looking for a bomb! Scary!!
Upon check in at the workforce office, they mark off your work days on a card that was given to me the first day attached to my ID. Appparently you get at “gift” on day 3, 6, 9 and your last day ranging from an olympic pin, one of the stuffed toy mascots and an olympic keychain. Have not received anything yet of course as it was only my second day. Lots of volunteers have been working since the end of January so they have received all their gifts! Guess they are collector’s items. I stopped at a pin trader who was set up outside my building yesterday and traded for a great olympic pin – Vancouver 2010 with the olympic rings. Then later a CTV employee came by and we traded pins too so now I have a great CTV pin. Apparently they are in hot demand as we had people stop by our desk looking to trade broadcast pins but I won’t be trading this one – I like it too much.
I was at the IBC transportation desk yesterday which is alot less busy than the Main Media Centre (MMC) desk since that desk is in the building where media have their lockers and can set up their computers. The IBC building is where all the VIP network celebrities are and broadcast from locations in the building s. I saw a few broadcast celebrities yesterday – Bob Costas and someone else who I cannot remember his name right now but I will (I did see him on the TV since I have been here!)
I met a municipal police officer from St. Thomas near London, Ontario the other day – he is here with someone else from his detachment volunteering for 6 weeks. All law enforcement officers are housed in a cruise ship in the harbour. An RCMP officer from Quebec on security duty last night told us that there are over 100 police departments including RCMP, OPP, municipal forces and military forces are here volunteering, the first time that all these different law enforcement departments have come together to work together this way – amazing, isn’t it?
I am heading out this morning to check out the city as it is my first chance since I got here. There are lots of free things to see and do so will let you know where I end up later today. Looking forward to it. Apparently in one of the squares you can go zip lining which I would love to do, but I have heard that the lineups are 4 hrs long – no way am I lining up for 4 hours to have a 30 second “zip”!
The first Canadian hockey game is on later this afternoon so the city will be crazy. Go Canada.
Talk soon.
Lori
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Vancouver: Day 3
Finally – the sun is shinning today! Had a day off today and took the seabus to North Vancouver to see my long time friend and University roommate – it seems I was at university eons ago……We have maintained our friendship over all these years and even though it has been 10 years since I saw her last, our meeting was like we had talked yesterday. That is the mark of a great friendship.
Even though it is called the Seabus, the vessel is actually a ferry. It leaves the Waterfront Station every 12 minutes and lands across the channel in North Vancouver. There is an outdoor viewing area and several restaurants at the harbour where you can sit out and see the view of Vancouver. While waiting for my friend, I introduced myself to a family on the deck and asked if I could take their picture as they were in Canada gear from head to toe literally! They had even dyed their hair a dark red colour! They were heading up to Cypress Mountain as they had tickets to see the men’s moguls. They certainly would have had an exciting night up there celebrating the gold medal for Alexandre Bilodeau. Wow! The whole city was celebrating last night.
Anyway, the Flood Family from Vancouver Island (mom, dad and young daughter) is pretty typical of alot of families I have seen so far who have arrived in Vancouver for the games all decked out in their Canadian gear, celebrating the fact that they are witnessing one of the world’s greatest sporting events. Amid all the controversay about alot of things about the games (some things I was only aware of since arriving) is the fact that we Canadians are proud to have the games here in Canada and are celebrating big time! Everywhere you look you see red and white, whether it is a sweatshirt with Canada on it, red hockey shirt, touque or hat, scarves, tattoos on everyone’s cheeks, the ever present red mittens – I read today that 2.6 million pairs of these mittens have been sold! WOW!
My friends are working today so I am heading back to the city to start my second volunteer shift for 2pm. Am off again tomorrow so am planning to take tomorrow to see the city as there are lots of free activities and events going on throughout the downtown.
Hope everyone is having a great day!
Lori
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