Our Olympic Day

Harv and I and our friends headed to Vancouver On Tuesday to take in some of the Olympic fever. Although the rain started around noon, we still had a great day walking the streets and poking our heads into some of the various venues.

Here are a few pictures of our day.

It was neat to see the city all decked out in Canadian Flags. Who ever said we weren't patriotic?



We watched a street performer at Robson Square. There were LiveCity events, the zip line humming overhead and the jugglers and musicians entertaining the crowds. Lots of vendors, very friendly security guards, police and tourist information people mingled with the thousands of red and white and maple leaf clad visitors. Anyone NOT wearing red stood out. As a British reporter said yesterday," Do Canadians have anything else in their wardrobes?"

Hundreds of paper lanterns decorated by children adorned these whimsical Lantern trees.

While taking pictures of the cauldron, we were fortunate to have the RCMP Musical Ride members line up in front for a photo op. Their glossy black horses and distinctive red Serge added class to the fantastic scenery.

Do you think they knew we were coming?

These attractive turquoise/blue and green banners decorated the barriers and venues.

When we saw the lines to get into the Canadian Mint, we were quite content to have our picture taken with a comemorative quarter.

The crowds lined up in front of the Canadian Mint where the largest gold medal is on display.

This line was a block long - times 3!

Posing as Canada's bobsled champions

Yeah!! Canada Scores again! What fun to join hundreds of other fans watching Canada defeat the German team in hockey. There wasn't an reserved or apathetic Canadian in sight.

Before leaving the city Harv took this picture of the Science Centre. It houses the Russian Pavillion which closed at 4:30 - half an hour before we got there! The upside was we didn't have to wait in a lineup, and we got to see "Inukshuk Beach"