Olympics!

We had a fabulous time at the Olympics. Here are a few pis from our trip!

Train from Richmond into Vancouver.
Waterfront in Vancouver.

Media building and Olympic rings.

Olympic Cauldron

Semi-final game! US vs. Finland

Vince Vaughn!

At the Olympics!

View from our seats.

USA wins!

Athletes village. (Marlen, please note the Norwegian flags!)

Canadian House. All of the countries have houses that you can go visit. Most were free and you could stand in line (up to 3 hours!) to experience their culture. Really they were beer gardens that you could watch the games live. On this night the Canadians were playing a hockey game so the ticket to get in the Canada house was $1000!

Large Canadian flag downtown. They close off a lot of streets and people from all over are walking around, costumes, bands, etc. It reminded me of Mardi Gras!

Polar bears like the ones from the opening ceremony.

Line for the souvenir shop! To get in anywhere you had to wait in line. This one was about 45 mins.

Richmond Oval where the speed skating was held.

Russia house and the athlete's village.

Inside the Russia house. Fay with Russian choir member.

Russian choir performance.

The mascot for Sochi 2014!