Day 3 and 4

We spent day 3 mostly away from the wild city and the buzz of the Olympics.  We must have walked about 10 kms in Stanley Park and another 5 just walking around the city and the wonderful walkways along the harbour.  It is crazy that you can be in this MEGA city with even more people because of the Olympics and a 30 minute walk from downtown takes you into the quiet of the woods.  It was drizzling a bit so there was no one in the park.  Enjoy the pics.

Day 4 The Opening Ceremonies

All we can say is WOW!  We came into the city in late morning and already you could feel that something was in the air.  The crowds were bigger and excitement level was up and there were people and security everywhere.  We walked around most of the early afternoon and took in some of the pavillions.  The Bell Pavillion was very cool.  It was called the "The Cube"  If you ever watched the most recent Star Trek it was like the Borg.  When you entered they gave us all real nice earbuds to keep.  We could plug into the hive/cube so we could hear things about the Olympics.  We also met up with Carter, a Vice Principal from Moncton, who Greg knows and went to an Aussie restaurant.

About 4:00 we began to look for a place where we could settle in and watch the Opening Ceremonies.  The first place we went to ... well let's just say the security line was about 2 hours long just to get into the place.  So we hopped on a subway to Robson St.  That is where we got one of the best places to watch the event with about 10,000 other people.  We were talking to some workers and they told us that a big projector was going to project the TV coverage on a wall.  Well we got there and stood on these'concrete risers... and soon it started and tons of people were all around us but we were all above their heads.  See the pictures.

It was so cool to hear the crowds and the screams... well we were part of those screams too.

At the end... we started to move closer to the subway... since we figured it would be HELL to leave when everyone else was.  Well we ended up on being at the right place at the right time by accident.  Yes, "The Great One", Wayne Gretzky, drove right by us with the torch.  NOW that was cool!

Well tomorrow brings us to our first event, Luge.  To Whistler we go.