Yesterday we headed to Whistler! Erica and I had no clue what to expect, we didn't even know where we were going! We wound our way to Squamish and then took the bus up to Whistler. The Olympic spirit was much more alive up there than it was in Richmond where we were yesterday. The people were all dressed up and cheering as they wound their way through the village.
We were about ready to either head home or get something to eat when we noticed huge line of people waiting to get on the Gondola. As we people watched and wondered what was going on we saw a guy holding up two tickets. I approached him and he said they were for sale...so we jumped at the chance! It was to see Women's single luge. This was taken just outside the security entrance (which is similar to going through the airport!)
Women's Luge always needs more cowbell! Thanks Marilyn! Mine was definitely dwarfed by some of the others around!
The Swiss really know how to get people's attention, they paraded down the middle of the street with their cowbells that were bigger than my head!
The games started at 17:00 (5pm). To the left of this is picture is Thunderbird corner...aka the corner where the Georgian Luger was sadly killed. Everywhere we have been the flags are at half mass in honor of him.
We walked up the steap hill where the athletes got off their luge and ended their race. We were cheering next to a group of people holding an Italian flag, this athlete smiled and waved at us (I think she thought we were apart of the Italian group, either way, we smiled and waved back!). Today we are headed to BC Place to see the Olympic torch and possibly get interviewed by Ch. 8 news! More to come on this fun day! Also, Happy Birthday to Kathy (Lynden's Oma), she turns a young 60 today!
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