Curling
Our day revolved around curling. Two matches – women’s in the afternoon and men’s in the evening.
The women’s was more fun, probably because it was earlier in the day. But the Canadian team was competing, and the crowd was really in to the game. There were 8 women’s teams and 6 men’s teams. The American men competed in the evening, but truth be told they were not as good as the rest. We saw at least three misses. Again, the weather was beautiful outside, but it was chilly inside.
Quatchi - a sasquatch
Piping in the curlers
Curling action - Canada front, Japan back
Not much else to say. Other than curling, all is food.
Breakfast at the Only U Cafe – good start.
Lunch was bagels from a Safeway. We had gone to the Curling venue to pick up our evening tickets, and then bused back to our favourite Oakridge Shopping Center. Home to Safeway, Zellers and The Bay store. And the mittens are only in child sizes now. Jane noted the lines for the downtown Vancouver Bay store. I don’t know if they still have the adult size mittens, but I don’t think I am up for their around the block lines.
Dinner at a burger joint on Main Street between Curling matches. Pretty good food as well.
Tomorrow. The idea was to get up early, but it is after midnight, and we have only been back for a short while. We’ll see.
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February 23, 2010 at 6:24 am |
The Olympic coverage on TV noted the popularity of the mittens. I believe they said 4 million pair had been sold, and there were shortages.