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Thursday, February 18, 2010 No more time to blog... Images can be found here - allerdings sind die Kommentare dazu in deutsch. Tuesday, February 16, 2010 Canada wins gold and the rings turn gold. Life is simple.
Monday, February 15, 2010 Tour de Stanley Park
Sunday, February 14, 2010 Walk through Olympia Land
Friday, February 2010, 2010 After 7 years the Opening Ceremony! The celebrations were of course overshadowed by the death of Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili. We watched it live on TV. And as expected, many segments looked much better on the screen than in the stadium. And again my favorite performance was K.D. Lang singing Leonard Cohen's song Hallelujah. After the ceremony we did a walk through Yaletown and then ended up at Jimmy's across the street. Yaletown was packed! Thursday, February 11, 2010 Torch relay
We went to see the torch arrive at Vancouver Live City.
And on the way home we did a detour to the Olympic clock. There were tons of people. Everybody wanting to pose in front of the clock. So did we :) Wednesday, February 10, 2010 Dress Rehearsal We were at the dress rehearsal tonight for the Opening Ceremony. All the talent (not allowed to say who they are) was present, Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Premier Gordon Campbell and Mayor Robertson and of course John Furlong who was in charge of it all. Despite the fact that it was verboten to take images of the show, I still took a few with my cell phone. I will not publish them until Friday and I also will not say who the performers will be. But I think I will not reveal any secrets by saying that the ceremony will be just magical. It is a modern interpretation of Canada's history and present life. It is beautifully showcased. The singers are fantastic, the performers are fabulous, a lot will look much nicer on TV than what we saw at BC Place. It was a great show.
List of artists: Canadian Tenors (were not part of the act on Friday), Nikki Yanofsky, Nelly Furtado and Brian Adams, Sarah McLachlan, K.D. Lang, the Fiddlers on the Roof (people unknown to me), Opera Chick, Poetry Guy, Garou. I think these were the artists. And I believe that Donald Sutherland read the quotes. Tuesday, February 09, 2010 Walk around the block
Saturday, February 6, 2010 Do you know these people? This morning I went to the bank to deposit my December cheque from Google. This is of course always the biggest one of the year. So the teller looks at the cheque and then asks: how well do you know these people? My response: I don't know them I just use them. It's Google. The games have begun, not officially but for me
Vectorial Elevation Rafael Lozano-Hemmer (Canada)
Friday, February 5, 2010 Boxing Kangaroo
Jacque Rogge is getting his knickers in a knot again. This time it's about the kangaroo flag the Australian team displays in the Olympic Village. Emperor Rogge thinks it's too commercial. The representative of the Australian team thinks that the IOC should just focus on more important things. The Aussies have been displaying that flag for years now during sporting events. The flag represents a charity that teaches children fair play in sports. It was announced on Sunday that the flag may stay. My Boxing Kangaroo flag is on its way. I ordered one on Amazon as they are not yet available in stores here in Vancouver.
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