Olympic family fun

All too often I hear... gosh (my word, not the word I actually hear) the games are too expensive for regular folks to go. All I'd like to say is, how much do 'regular' hockey tickets cost? well Olympic tickets are LESS. And on top off, that the Paralympics are less $$ than they should be. You can see the Gold medal game for $50.00 canadian, eh. And these are stellar athletes too.

We took three of our kids, and we are 'regular folks', to see Swiss thump Slovakia. Okay, that's not exactly fair, there wasn't any thumping at all, but the third period was intense. Did I mention these were the women's hockey games? Fine players... not as fine as the Canadians (or the Americans) mind you, but it was good hockey none the less. I found the men's hockey TOO expensive for regualr folks... this is true, as is the figure skating and speed skating, but part of that is that I didn't buy any tickets until four weeks ago. If I had purchased tickets before they were being resold at 'market value' I could have a chance with the figure skating (couldn't even get a training session). Everything was sold out.

We will take in some women's curling and also a victory ceremony (medals and music). But much of our time has been attending free events downtown vancouver, watching big animals (stuffed animals) skate for the kiddies, first nations drummers, singers, and dancers perform at a few places. There are also numerous pavilions with displays and activities and tonnes of cultural events to attend (If you're into that sort of thing... and I am). Da Vinci machine show at the Vancouver ARt gallery...free, Library Voices (band) at the Sask pavilion... free... more and more fun stuff for free. okay.

Mostly I have had fun feeling the energy of people on the streets of my sleepy ol' vancouver. I love the visitors, the tatooed cheeks, the flags (all kinds). We'll see how the next few weeks pan out!
here is a link to a few of my family olympic fun.
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