Olympics Day 7, 8 & 9

Blogging is hard work. Well, not really, but it is quite time consuming. And while normally I wouldn’t have a problem with this, during this little event my town is hosting called the 2010 Winter Olympics, time is at a premium.

So once again the last 3 days are in the form of a summary.

Day 7 Thursday: Canada vs Switzerland Men’s Hockey

Started watching the game at the Alberta House. Although quite pretty to look at, the atmosphere was rather quiet and boring so we headed over to the Irish House where the crowd was quite a bit rowdier. Both places had really long lines and we were lucky enough to know people that got us in without having to wait to long. We ended up winning the game but just barely – 3-2 in a shootout. Winning goal by Sid the Kid Crosby!

Crowd at the Irish House watching the Canada - Swiss Hockey Game

Chad and I at the Irish House

Irish House from above

Day 8 Friday evening: Helped out with Trevor’s Pink Million Campaign. We asked people to write words of Hope and Inspiration for Breast Cancer awareness and then tie their Hope Tags on to the railing. The result was a moving art installation that will be up for the next few days in Yaletown.


Believe in Miracles at the Pink Million Street of Hope in Yaletown
Trevor and I at Pink Million in Yaletown

Cute scooter!


My cousin, Chris arrived on Friday night so we had a family, (sister, brother-in-law, too) walk around downtown. We started at the Olympic Cauldron and then strolled up to Robson Street just as Jon Montgomery had won the Gold in Men’s Skeleton. To say that the crowd on the street was crazy, is a huge understatement. It was MENTAL. Huge Energy! A little scary too… There were a lot of people and a lot of alcohol had obviously been consumed… if one person had wanted to start something, I’m sure the crowd could have turned ugly. Thankfully, (and probably due to the presence of so many police officers), everyone seemed to be there for a good time. We ended the night in Yaletown at Earls for a couple of drinks where we caught a glimpse of the fireworks from the LiveCity site.


With Chenoa and Chris at the Cauldron


The Olympic Rings in Coal Harbour. They changed colour when we were there. This should have been the first sign that we had just won another medal


Jon Montgomery after winning the Gold Medal in Skeleton

With Chris, Chenoa and Jason on Robson Street in front of the CTV Pavilion

Day 9 Saturday: I took the Olympic Line Street car to Granville Island in the morning. I wanted to check out the Swiss and Atlantic Houses. Unfortunately, they line-ups were longer than I’d anticipated, so I just walked around a bit and then waited in another line-up just to catch the aqua bus back to Yaletown.

Swiss House on Granville Island

Line-ups everywhere on Granville Island

View of the Burrard Street Bridge from the Aquabus

Saturday afternoon I went back to the Pink Million tent in Yaletown to lend a hand again, to raise funds and awareness for Breast Cancer. Such a great cause… such an amazing energy!

Pink Million Street of Hope in Yaletown

Pink Million Street of Hope in Yaletown

Saturday evening was spent at the Molson Canadian Hockey House again. I went with Chad and Chris, and Chad’s friend Dave. Randy Bachman was the entertainment for the evening and he did not disappoint. For an old(er) guy, he still really knew how to Rock Out!

Randy Bachman at the MCHH

At the MCHH with Chris, Dave, Kim and Chad

Today I get to go to the Hottest ticket in town: CANADA vs USA Men’s Hockey!!! (Thanks Chad!) I will try to post some pictures from the game on Facebook and twitter.

The medal count for today is:
4 GOLD – 3 SILVER - 1 BRONZE

GO CANADA GO!!!