So, Friday night, Wayne Gretzky lit the Olympic cauldron inside BC Place, then went for a totally bizarre pickup truck ride to Canada Place, where he lit a second outdoor cauldron. Today, Sunday, K and kids came downtown to see me, and we walked over for a look. The Great One wasn't there, but a big chain link fence around the cauldron was... not too attractive!
After having a look at the cauldron, we went for a nice walk along the waterfront, and then headed up to the Granville and Robson area... apparently, about 500,000 other people thought that was a good idea too! Ho-lee Crap! Now I know how that one sardine in the middle of all the other sardines feels! Still, everyone was well-behaved, it was not too hard to move through the crowd, and spirits were high all around! I'm 1/2 way through my little adventure, and now that the Games have begun, the boredom factor has been cut in half, and a part of each day is spent meeting people from all over the world. Sadly, our Canadian athletes have not performed too well so far (you can't call an 18-0 win in hockey an "achievement")... but hopefully the momentum will build and we will add some hardware to the collection!
So, Friday night, Wayne Gretzky lit the Olympic cauldron inside BC Place, then went for a totally bizarre pickup truck ride to Canada Place, where he lit a second outdoor cauldron. Today, Sunday, K and kids came downtown to see me, and we walked over for a look. The Great One wasn't there, but a big chain link fence around the cauldron was... not too attractive!
After having a look at the cauldron, we went for a nice walk along the waterfront, and then headed up to the Granville and Robson area... apparently, about 500,000 other people thought that was a good idea too! Ho-lee Crap! Now I know how that one sardine in the middle of all the other sardines feels! Still, everyone was well-behaved, it was not too hard to move through the crowd, and spirits were high all around! I'm 1/2 way through my little adventure, and now that the Games have begun, the boredom factor has been cut in half, and a part of each day is spent meeting people from all over the world. Sadly, our Canadian athletes have not performed too well so far (you can't call an 18-0 win in hockey an "achievement")... but hopefully the momentum will build and we will add some hardware to the collection!
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