Still motoring along

Being an Olympic fan is tiring! I think we've walked over ten miles each day. I guess I should start where I left off - yesterday.

We hopped on the bus to head to Vancouver Olmpic Centre to see curling. Public transportation is free for anyone with an event ticket. It was a quick ride over the bridge and we were on our way to see one of the most popular events here. The place was rockin'! Unfortunately the seats were extremely close to each other with little room to sit. I settled in and made friends with the nice Swedish men sitting next to me. I decided to root for their team since USA was not in any of the matches. I didn't understand everything that was going on, but it was worth seeing.

After the event, we headed to Granville Island for the famous Indian salmon candy that I've been craving since being in Vancouver in August. The market is one of my favorite parts of the city. The market has a tremendous variety of fresh flowers, produce, seafood, cheese, meats, breads, and other prepared foods. But the prize is the previously mentioned salmon candy. These are scrumptuous little bites of salmon covered in a maple honey syrup. I was not disappointed; they were as good as I remembered. We were able to see Place de la Francophone, Switzerland House, and one of the Canadian houses. There was an outdoor concert and various other performances. After a nice sit-down dinner, we took a long walk back to our place. Crossing the Granville Bridge we saw the vectorial light show and found Slovakia House. We all fell asleep nearly the second we got home.

Today was the first day to roam around. We headed out to find the Olympic cauldron. On the way (in the wrong direction) we walked through Yaletown and saw one of the spontaneous street hockey games that we've heard about. The typical Vancouver weather finally found us as it started to rain. We finally set ourselves straight and headed to see the flame. On the way, we saw a display of two of the torches and found the countdown clocks, which is now counting up. The flame was a sight to behold along the waterfront. Photos to come. Then it was back to walking, and shopping, and eating. We watched the Canada vs. Germany game at a local corner bar. Literally, it was "The Corner." We were all wet and tired, so we returned to the condo for a rest.