Walking down the street in the Whistler Village today, we saw a guy who had written with reflective tape "I need tickets to Men's Downhill" on the back of his jacket. I have yet to see any scalpers, but that guy probably has the right idea - he can bring scalpers discretely to him and hopefully not get caught!
Did you know that if you have any sort of DUI or misdemeanor, in any country, there is no way you'd be allowed to work or volunteer at the Olympics? They aren't taking any chances here.
New lingo: the Australian word "smoko" developed from a smoke break to just any kind of break, so when the shuttle drivers are walking around waiting to take us to Function Junction, they sometimes slip out for a "smoko".
Do you remember my pre-departure post in which I talk about the weather? It costs $25,000 PER HOUR for the helicopters to bring snow to Cypress Mountain. Can you imagine!?!?!
Right outside the Medals Plaza, where there will be live concerts, there is a little park. Here are some of the girls playing on the round on the round swing. We'll probably try to grab a seat here to listen to the awesome bands (including OneRepublic, The Fray, Usher, Feist, All American Rejects, Our Lady Peace, etc...)
Maybe they can plan some winter olympics is the Washington, DC area----there's PLENTY of snow there!!
ReplyDeleteWe got a dusting on Wed, but due to heavy predictions, school was cancelled. Oh well.....
Yup, we could host some winter Olympics here right now... the folks on the radio keep saying, "How do we send some of our snow to Vancouver?"
ReplyDeleteThanks for blogging, Nance. I'm enjoying reading about the Games and looking forward to seeing you on tonight's opening ceremony ;-)