One thing on my bucket list was crossed off this weekend!!! I was able to go to the Olympics!!! I couldn't believe it!!! Granted we did it by flying by the seat of our pants, but hey everything worked out!! We crossed the boarder on Saturday, and I was really hoping that the person checking passports would say "Welcome home!", but no such luck!! However, we did get lucky with a hotel room!! We actually found one, granted it was a motel that was a little sketchy...lol. Anyways, when we got to Surrey, the town that we were staying in, we took the metro to Vancouver, which is a lot like Bart. Vancouver is a beautiful city and the Olympics just made is more amazing!! There were so many people everywhere!!! But everyone was really friendly and decked out in in their country's flag. It was a little overwhelming to be honest. The first day we were there we just went to dinner and walked over to the torch. It was somewhat surreal to see the torch in person. The next day we went to the area where hockey and curling were being played, to try and get tickets. Scalpers were selling ice hockey tickets anywhere from $400.00 to $2,500.00 depending on who was playing. We thought we were pretty screwed with tickets, but then the box office released some tickets after the game started. So we got tickets to the Russia vs. Chech Republic hockey game for eighty bucks!!! It was so unbelievable to be apart of an Olympic Game!!! After the game, Mike was able to come and meet up with us. We all went to a bar to watch the Canada USA hockey game.
It was a crazy atmosphere!! We met some really nice Canadiens that let us sit with them for the game... we were the only Americans in the bar!!! It was just a lot of fun to cheer for the US against everyone in the bar. When we ended up winning, most people were really nice and shook our hands and told us great game, but of course there were some drunken idiots that yelled at us...lol. We spent most of the time just walking around the city... there was so much to see!! In downtown there was a zip line!!! We wanted to do it but it was a six hour wait. Overall, it was a unbelievable experience!! Vancouver was a beautiful city and what was even more amazing was the GO WORLD attitude!! I would really recommend everyone go to an Olympics in their lifetime!! I am hooked!! I am definitely gonna go again!!! Hopefully!
One thing on my bucket list was crossed off this weekend!!! I was able to go to the Olympics!!! I couldn't believe it!!! Granted we did it by flying by the seat of our pants, but hey everything worked out!! We crossed the boarder on Saturday, and I was really hoping that the person checking passports would say "Welcome home!", but no such luck!! However, we did get lucky with a hotel room!! We actually found one, granted it was a motel that was a little sketchy...lol. Anyways, when we got to Surrey, the town that we were staying in, we took the metro to Vancouver, which is a lot like Bart. Vancouver is a beautiful city and the Olympics just made is more amazing!! There were so many people everywhere!!! But everyone was really friendly and decked out in in their country's flag. It was a little overwhelming to be honest. The first day we were there we just went to dinner and walked over to the torch. It was somewhat surreal to see the torch in person. The next day we went to the area where hockey and curling were being played, to try and get tickets. Scalpers were selling ice hockey tickets anywhere from $400.00 to $2,500.00 depending on who was playing. We thought we were pretty screwed with tickets, but then the box office released some tickets after the game started. So we got tickets to the Russia vs. Chech Republic hockey game for eighty bucks!!! It was so unbelievable to be apart of an Olympic Game!!! After the game, Mike was able to come and meet up with us. We all went to a bar to watch the Canada USA hockey game. It was a crazy atmosphere!! We met some really nice Canadiens that let us sit with them for the game... we were the only Americans in the bar!!! It was just a lot of fun to cheer for the US against everyone in the bar. When we ended up winning, most people were really nice and shook our hands and told us great game, but of course there were some drunken idiots that yelled at us...lol. We spent most of the time just walking around the city... there was so much to see!! In downtown there was a zip line!!! We wanted to do it but it was a six hour wait. Overall, it was a unbelievable experience!! Vancouver was a beautiful city and what was even more amazing was the GO WORLD attitude!! I would really recommend everyone go to an Olympics in their lifetime!! I am hooked!! I am definitely gonna go again!!! Hopefully!
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