I have never seen Vancouver like this. Crazy party singing “O Canada” everywhere from the bus to the train to the street for the whole 17 days of the Winter Olympics. How often will the city that you live in hosting Olympics? We have lots of fond memories (Elisa: feel free to add to the list as I often forgot)

- Brought the kids to the downtown core to experience the atmosphere, the concert, the street performers, to the lightshow and fireworks – and how well they were behaving all the time

- Watched the Canada beat USA in OT gold medal hockey game live at downtown big screens with friends. Screamed and high fives all the way through the street after that. On my oh my !!! Vancouver screamed after the goal and did not stopped screaming … even after we left downtown many many hours later

- KK loved all the music and the performance and Miga. Miga is one of the mascot – a killer whale bear.

- En-En dragged us off the couch to dance when there was a figure skating on TV

- En-En pointed to the TV and screamed “GOALLL!!!!”

- How many times did we say “are we done with Olympics?” and went out to absorb the atmosphere AGAIN

- Witnessed the first gold won by Canada on the Canadian soil

- Set history as the most number of gold medals won by a nation (14) in Winter Olympics

- Saw the hot and attractive Lindsey Vonn (of USA Alpine Skiing) – talked to her but did not ask for autograph or take a photo. D’Oh!

- According to BBC’s reporter James Pearce (link here), “I was in Beijing, and I can assure you that you simply cannot compare the spectator experience there with the one here in Vancouver. Vancouver wins hands down.”

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