Pins, Souvenirs, and Being and “Olympadict”

While reading the Vancouver Sun (daily newspaper) one day, I came across an article about being an “Olympadict”.  In the article, it described those type of people who become such fans of the games while their going on, they develop certain “traits” that are different from their normal, sport-viewing lives.  1)  Soaking up any kind [...]

Curling – A Sport that deserves More Respect

Tuesday, February 23rd – our final day in Vancouver. Before getting out of town, our last ticketed event was for womens curling in the morning.  Fortunately for us, the venue was just a 6 block walk from where we were staying.  Talk about lucky.   I wasn’t sure what to expect today.  We bought these tickets [...]

Just Not Enough Time to Do it All

Monday, Feb 22nd:   Sort of a bonus day today as we ended up getting tickets to a couple other events.   Every day, the official olympic office opens up some tickets to events for that day and the next few days.  After checking in here and there, we got some extra:   Jean and Kay bought tickets [...]

Whistler, Where it Really Feels Like Winter

Today was a big day, our excursion up to Whistler for 2-man bobsled.  A long day, as we had to plan ahead to go up there.  Whistler is about a 2 & 1/2 hour ride north of Vancouver, and the only way up there is to take a bus (again, no private traffic allowed).  No [...]

Wall to Wall People

Again catching up after a couple days thanks to limited wireless options and a very weird schedule – Anyway, Saturday was one day we didn’t have anything planned, so we wanted to try and do some “tourist” stuff around town.   Again, an incredibly sunny, warm day (50+ degrees during the day), and locals keep telling [...]

Welcome to the SPRING Olympics !

Hwy folks,  finally getting a chance to sign on and update on the big trip.  Sorry for the delay, but since we found out we dont’ have wireless from our “host”, options for the internet has been very limited. That said, its been a very fun, eye-opening and exciting first couple days.  After  a bit [...]

Cowbell in Hand – 48 hours to go

Just less than 48 hours that I’ll be in Vancouver, (pending planes, trains and automobiles) and just about ready to roll. Biggest piece of necessary equipment to pack – my cowbell.  Secured, thanks to mom.  Gotta have more cowbell for that day with the bobsled tickets and who knows what else. Now that the games [...]

Winter Olympics: Vancouver-Bound

Organized sports, its what I do.  So, how about checking out the world’s biggest event for organized sports ?  In my mind thats the Olympics.  Thanks to my friend Cathy, I was lucky enough to take in the Summer Olympics in 1996 without making hardly any advance plans.   I didn’t think it would that big [...]