After our adventure to Vancouver
last weekend, we knew we had to go back with the rest of the family.
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The weather was perfect; who can tell it's February?
Don't forget, that temp is in Celsius, not Fahrenheit lol.Olympic Village
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Most of the residential buildings in Vancouver have flags on them.
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Hundreds of Innushuks have been built on the shores of False Creek
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Crowded was an understatement but with the weather, we knew it would be nuts
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Street hockey; a true Canadian tradition.
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One place we really wanted to see was the Canadian Mint display,
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And their 1million dollar Loonie coin; the biggest coin in the world.
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We also all got hold a solid gold bar. It weighs 28lbs. I found it surprisingly warm.
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Sorry for the dark pictures. There was just enough light to make the flash not go off. And the line was long enough I didn't want to start fiddling with the camera settings.
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Of course we saw the torch again. Easier to see with the fencing moved.
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And the Olympic Rings that we forgot to peek at last time
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We were lucky on our way home. We only waited 15minutes or so for the Skytrain(like a subway but mostly above ground). Jim remembered a way into the station from one of Vancouver's underground malls. Above ground, the wait was a minimum of 3 hours we later learned.
And what quite possibly may be my favoritest of all the pictures I took,