Sunny Sunday -- Finally!

A sunny, warm Sunday brought out the Vancouverites in droves! We took the skytrain/subway to Waterfront and walked that wonderful cityscape. Caught Michele briefly before she set off to the ice dancing, courtesy VISA (a $420 seat.)Pin action is negligible; there is no pin trading center as was in Calgary. Wide streets closed off to create pedestrian malls, like Robson and Granville, were packed shoulder to shoulder with joyous families and visitors.

We found the flaming cauldron – which is an anti-climax. It is penned off by chain link fencing in lonely splendor a few hundred feet away from mere fans. In fact, the whole thing -- hauling Gretzke to light it in the bed of a city pick-up, the tin-foily look of the cauldron, the industrial chain link fence, and that awful speech of the chairman – leads Frank to conclude that VanOC is really a collection of ordinary Molson joe six-packs.

But the Canadians love all of it. I got interviewed for Internet Interviews 2010 and made friends through the best hat in Vancouver. We crammed ourselves into a true pub on Robson, a block from the medal award center, and watched the men's moguls with a charming gang of new chums. When Canada finally won their first gold as host country, they simply went wild.