Olympics: Day 1

Saturday morning, the 20th, we started out quite early by leaving for the Seattle Amtrak station at 6:15am (Thanks again Papa for the ride).

We found security at for the train to be quite a fun change from airport security as Amtrak employees plenty of canines on their work force.

After our bags where smelled, we got them check in and then headed for our seats on the train.

Our train left Seattle at 7:30a and we enjoyed a quiet ride on a beautiful sunny day!

Here are a few scenic shots from the train ride:

Brian checking out the Vancouver skyline as we are coming into town.

We arrived in Vancouver on time at 11:30am, but then got to sit on the train while they unload one car at a time for custom checks....with the Olympics in town, they apparently didn't like the idea of lines...at least our seat were comfy for the 30 minute wait for our turn. Once we made it through customs, we got right down to business.

We got a cab ride to our condo (we only almost died twice in the ride), checked into our beautiful 7th floor condo and then headed out to the nearby Granville street shopping area for lunch and to get groceries.

Lunch was super yummy crepes and Pannini sandwiches at the Crepe Shop and then we managed to find some food necessities (which can I just tell you, grocery shopping is expensive in Canada....$6 for a gallon of milk, $1.50 for a 8oz yogurt, $9.50 for a block or cheese...are you kidding me!!)

Anyway, we made it back to the condo at about 4:30p and rested for a little before we headed out again around 5p to catch a bus to a curling match.

We'll admit, we're curling geeks and love watching curling, so we were super excited to have a few chances to see it in person. This match had Canada v Great Britain, France v Sweden and Swiss v China Oh and did I mention we were in Canada now?!

Minus the one Great Britain flag, there is a lot of Canada in those bleachers. We saw the typical bagpipers who bring the players in at the start of the match

and then the fun began. We will admit and watching it live with three games going at one time is totally different then watching it on TV. I did miss the commentary at some points, but it was fun none the less. The night the crowd was super loud and we were super tired from a really LONG day so we did skip out a little early to beat fighting with the huge crowd to get out.

I did manage one fun shot of my cute happy husband before we left though! Loving the real curling going on behind him.

We headed back to our condo and fell asleep waiting for Brian's parents to arrive.

They arrived at 1:15a and the buzz to let them in totally scared us, but after letting them in and a quick hello it was good night for a good long sleep!

It was a CRAZY, LONG, FUN first day to our Olympic trip!