As you all must know by now, the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics are over. It ended with a HUGE BANG! Canada won gold in overtime in Mens Hockey! *Sidney Crosby scored the winning goal* – I was downtown for the game, I actually got to the pub at 9am so then we could get a seat! It was amazing! I have never felt so proud to be Canadian! The streets were packed, I even saw footage on tv of street parties that occurred all across the country! I took lots of amazing video that whole day so expect to see it once it has finished uploading onto my vimeo account.

I really wish I had bloggged sooner, like the next day, not a few weeks later. I had so much energy those days following the Olympics, not to mention the huge Olympic Hangover. Everyone I knew got sick, even Bryan and myself. It was awful. Though I guess that is what I get for having a very active social life for a three week period. It was an amazing run.

Though I did not let the end of the Olympics get me down. What came two weeks after the end that brought back some life into the city of Vancouver and to help with my continuous withdraw Olympic Hangover Depression was the start of the 2010 Paralympic Games! Bryan and I bought tickets to a Canadian Sledge Hockey team game! They played a preliminary round game against Italy! It was such an amazing experience, those athletes are truly spectacular! The speed, the Hits, the goals! I love Sledge Hockey!

During the Sledge Hockey game we were sitting one or two sections away from the Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper! Can you see him in this picture?

There was a line up of people getting their picture taken with him during the games intermissions. I was thinking about going and trying to get my picture with him, but to tell you the truth I would have been much happier getting my picture taken with Crazy P (#1 Fan – Guy who gets the crowd pumped up at various sporting events around town) Plus I may have had said something to him that would have gotten me kicked out of the building. LOL! All in all when it was all said and done the whole day was amazingly fun, such a unique experience watching a sport I have never seen before, and Canada won 4 – 0! (Check back tomorrow for some video footage of the game!)

The Paralympics are coming to an end this weekend, I am sad that they will be leaving the city as it has been such a whirlwind past few months around here, but it will be nice to get back to the regular swing of things. Though I am disappointed in the fact that there has been very minimal tv and social media coverage of the Paralympic events.

Canada’s Final Olympic Medal Count:
Gold: 14
Silver: 7
Bronze: 5

Paralympic Medal Count – March 18, 2010
Gold: 6
Silver: 3
Bronze: 3