O Canada
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After spending the n
ight in Bellingham with my
sister, a college student at Western Washington University, my mom
and I slept in a bit (okay, maybe it was just me…) and didn’t get
headed to Vancouver until 11 a.m. — big mistake, as the nice
weather and weekend status had people coming out in droves. We
waited at the border for about an hour and 45 minutes, but we had
plenty to keep us entertained, including four girls from Colorado
in the car in front of us who literally danced for the entire time,
Dutch fans all decked out in orange painting their faces next to
us, and border guards looming ominously, as they walked through the
rows of cars, stopping to open trunks seemingly at random.
Once across the border, my mom was delighted to spot six bald
eagles within a few minutes, and I was delighted just to finally be
in Canada. We had a minor hiccup with our B&B being locked when
we arrived (turns out they had moved us next door), but we quickly
unpacked and headed out to meet my Olympics-crazed friend Ashley
and her family. This is a girl
who, by the way, keeps a chart of how much time she spends watching
the Olympics, and is dismayed that the hours aren’t stacking up to
Beijing. That is one drawback to actually being here — normally I
would be glued to the TV, watching all of the events and results,
but aside from a couple of short-track speedskating races, I don’t
know what happened as far as medals yesterday.
We garnered quite a lot of attention with a sign Ashley and her husband, Brandon, made in Cyrillic supporting Belarus, as people came up hoping to speak Russian and Belarusian. Sadly, we couldn’t converse, but we did have fun shouting “Belarus!” through the streets. You can shout pretty much anything into the crowds and get a chorus of cheers back.
We were supposed to be at Whistler today, watching men’s giant slalom, but because of the weather conditions earlier this week, it’s been postponed until Tuesday. Instead, we’re off to shop and sightsee around this very pretty city.
– Haley Shapley
Scripps Interactive Newspapers Group
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