1st day as a spectator

Finally, a day to enjoy the Olympics without working or volunteering, Friday Feb 19. My friend is in from out of town, but working for the Olympics and we hung out most of the day.

We met up at Olympic station on the Canada Line, and hopped onto the Olympic streetcar. Just ~ 30 min wait, which isn't bad for a Friday. We got to Granville Island. It was a gorgeous sunny day and it was perfect for walking around taking in everything.



First thing we saw was Atlantic House, at the Arts Club Theatre. They only have lines for food tasting and some entertainment, but we weren't going to wait for an hour.


Next one was House of Switzerland, Bridges restaurant. He had raclette and I had a sausage.

We went over the Place de la Francophonie but there was nothing on, I guess mostly nightly entertainment.

We went to Candahar, which was a recreated bar from Belfast. There were wood chairs, pretty bare bones atmosphere. They serve whisky, beer and wine for $5.75.






We ended up at Richmond O-Zone for the evening. It's near Richmond City Hall and Minoru park. They had big screens, but not really much else. I really wanted to see the BCLC games dome, but it was a long line and I had a volunteer shift at 5am and it was already 9pm. We couldn't get into Holland Heinekin House either because it was full and no one was leaving. Pretty disappointing. We did try some ice wine from Iniskillin winery. Pretty darn sweet and I like the vidal grape.

I'm looking forward to seeing other stuff in the following week.