Winter Games 2010

Today’s theme: Traffic

by Carol Browne on February 20, 2010 · 5 comments

in Festivities, General, Photos, Vancouver

Mike and I headed to downtown this afternoon for a little shopping adventure. We are on a mission to find an official Winter Games mug to send to a friend in Nova Scotia. We also wanted to see the W2 Social Media Centre to see where the cool kids hang out.

God only knows why, but Mike thought we should go to The Bay to find the mug. The Bay with the huge line up. ZOINKS. However, we were pleasantly surprised when the line up was only 1/2 a block long. So we stood in the line and in about 20 minutes, we were inside the building along with a billion other people, looking high and low for a mug. No luck. Oh well. However if you’re looking for a Quatchi, they’ve got them on sale right now.

I still have a few ideas left as to where to find the mug.

The main areas for human traffic is all along Granville Street up to Robson. There are p0lice at every open street directing traffic so no one wanders out into where the cars are driving.

Here’s what Granville looked like this afternoon:
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This is the first time the Winter Games have given the general public a close-up peak at the bronze, silver and gold medals that will be given to the athletes. While the 3 medals we took photos of and touched with white gloves will not be given to the winning athletes, they were made in the exact same way as the awarded medals were. How was I able to get 7-8 whole minutes to take photos of the medals? Let me tell you…
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How to watch the torch…

by Carol Browne on February 11, 2010 · 7 comments

in Festivities, General, Photos, Vancouver

Step 1: Find a local who really knows the lay of the land. Have her and her husband take you to the best spot.

Step 2: Stake out your spot. Stand there and wait:
The crowd for the torch

Step 3: Check out the crowds and your fellow country people wearing red and waving flags:
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