More Olympic Fun

I was sad to leave Vancouver great weather and all the Olympic fun. I still can’t get over how green Vancouver is at this time of year, it felt like summer ! Well, being a Calgarian it would seem like summer, seeing as how we will still have snow and cold weather for a few more months.

One of my favorite venues was the Russia House, which was located at the Vancouver Science Center. It was the largest house as Russia is the next hosting Country for the 2014 Winter Olympics.

On my way to the Russia House, I past the athlete’s village where these Russian athletes were headings.

Great display of Russia Olympic team uniforms.

In the Russia house they had a huge area in which you could sit and watch Olympic sporting events. There were many exhibits to see in the Russia house, of which I tried to take pictures of. However, I got a bit tiered of waiting for people to pass, so I wouldn’t have to many random heads in my pictures. This was a hard thing to do, since it was absolutely packed !

If you wanted, you could take a pictures with one of the Russian’s olympic torch bearer. I opted not to as the line up was long.

Another beautiful day in Vancouver !

At the back of the athlete’s village were the flags of very country participating in the Vancouver Olympics.

On the way to the Quebec house along the bay was hundred upon hundred of inuit inukshuk sculptures. It was an absolute amazing site to see.

I couldn’t leave without seeing the Olympic Cauldron. It is surround by a chain link fence. If you wanted a picture of the Cauldron without the fence in the background or to get a closer look of it, once again you had to stand in a very long line to walk up to a podium to do so. Instead I got my 6 foot boyfriend to stand on a tall parking barricade to take a picture of the cauldron.

The crowds of people at the Olympic Cauldron was insane. Can you spot the tourist from Calgary? Gotta love the white cowboy hat!

One of my favorite things while in Vancouver, was the drive through Stanley Park at night. The scenery was absolutely beautiful You can see the Olympic Cauldron from the other side with out the eyesore of the fence being in the way. Pan Pacific Hotel lit each of their sails in a color of an Olympic ring, it was really pretty. Unfortunate my camera is not the greatest for taking night pictures and I couldn’t get a great close up of it.

I am absolute trilled that I was able to be in Vancouver for the Olympics. It is an experience I will never forget and so very glad I did.

xoxox

Bui