Valerie
Well-Known Member
What a great experience. Even though it was short in the planning stages, Ken and I decided to spend the day in Vancouver, B.C. yesterday to get a little of the Olympic experience.....after-all how often are the Olympic Games this close to us?
I managed to get a hotel room in Ferndale, WA on Friday night (lucked out) and then we drove up to Vancouver yesterday morning. We parked on the Skyway line, very convenient...... $2.00 to park all day in a garage, wow...great deal there!! Then we took the Skytrain into the downtown area, walked around and got to see the torch in all it's fired up glory.
Also went to the Olympic Superstore....waited in line for quite some time (1/2 hour to an hour) just to get in the store....I should get a medal for my patience...haha. We did end up getting a couple of t-shirts and misc things, nothing to rave about, but a few things to keep in my memory books to remember my day the Olympics.
Here are a couple of pictures of the cauldron/torch....
And this picture was at Robson Square (sorry if I mis-spelled the square)....the fabric covered the front of a museum there, it looked so pretty we had to take a picture. Also, there was a huge line up for people to take pictures sitting in a Bobsled.....
I managed to get a hotel room in Ferndale, WA on Friday night (lucked out) and then we drove up to Vancouver yesterday morning. We parked on the Skyway line, very convenient...... $2.00 to park all day in a garage, wow...great deal there!! Then we took the Skytrain into the downtown area, walked around and got to see the torch in all it's fired up glory.
Also went to the Olympic Superstore....waited in line for quite some time (1/2 hour to an hour) just to get in the store....I should get a medal for my patience...haha. We did end up getting a couple of t-shirts and misc things, nothing to rave about, but a few things to keep in my memory books to remember my day the Olympics.
Here are a couple of pictures of the cauldron/torch....
And this picture was at Robson Square (sorry if I mis-spelled the square)....the fabric covered the front of a museum there, it looked so pretty we had to take a picture. Also, there was a huge line up for people to take pictures sitting in a Bobsled.....
