Remembering Vancouver 2010

While most of my blog revolves around paper, those of you who have been following me since the beginning know that there’s something else that makes me smile…the Olympics.

I shared with you last year my trip to the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics.  This week marks the one year anniversary of one of the most successful Olympics in Canadian history, and the Games that unified the country. 

Red mittens were seen around the world and became the unofficial symbol of the Games.

 

 

 

I had the time of my life in Vancouver 2010, I still have a hard time putting the experience into words.  It was a dream come true, and something I will never forget.

I’ve often shared my photos with you, and now I share a glimpse into what my home looks like, decorated with those photos.  I look at this wall every day when I walk into my living room and remember the atmosphere that was Vancouver 2010. I remember the pride I felt when I heard my National Anthem being sung in the streets; the joy I felt seeing our athletes receive their medals, acknowledging the years of hard work and sacrifice.

I remember that dreams can come true.

You can see a collection of my Olympic photos here on my Flickr page including the ones you see on my living room wall.

What do you dream of?

Ciao for now,

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Foto Friday: Vancouver 2010 Olympics- The Athlete’s Village

I’m in Chicago this weekend, but actually had time to write this post and schedule for another Foto Friday!

Here are some pictures of the Olympic Athlete’s Village in Vancouver.  The Village was closed to the public, but there were great views from the Cambie Street bridge.

You can see the Swiss flag, Russian, Fin, Australian and of course, Canadian flags!

These buildings have been/will be converted into condos and some buildings will be used for affordable housing.

 

THE famous Australian Boxing Kangaroo flag…this thing is HUGE!

There was a bit of controversy about this flag, since it’s not approved by the IOC.  But somehow, it survived.

The Canadian condos:

 

Happy Friday!

Ciao for now,

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I’m going to the Olympics!!

I leave in two days to go to the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics!

I am a huge Olympic fan and I still can’t really believe that I get to be a part of this Olympics in my home country.

My uncle played in two summer Olympics for Canada and I have always wished I was old enough to see him play (I was two years and four years old at the time he played).

I became a Kinesiologist because I had a dream of being on the Olympic training team, assisting and treating Olympic athletes. (Ok, so I went the other way on the career path and help people go back to work).

I have my Canadian Hockey Jersey all ready for the two hockey games we’ll be going to.

 

 

 

I have two giant Canadian flags, many little Canadian pins to trade, two Canadian toques, and a suitcase full of red and white clothes!

I will be tweeting from the Olympics, so follow APaperBuffet on Twitter to get updates from the Games!

If you’re Canadian, you know the theme of these games are “I Believe”.

I believe.

I believe in Canada.

I believe in Canada’s athletes.

And most of all, I believe dreams really can come true.

Ciao for now!

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I’M GOING TO THE OLYMPICS!

This weekend was supposed to be to catch up on making cards, but I can’t sit still because I just got tickets to the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics!!!!

My friend Hillary and I have been talking about this since it was announced Vancouver will be hosting the Winter Olympics.  We missed the first round of ticket purchases in November, it was just after my surgery and we both forgot.  They announced they would have another round in early 2009…which turned into today, June 6th, 2009.

I thought it was a long shot, but I opened 3 browsers and was in the Virtual Waiting rooms for about 30 minutes when all of a sudden it brought me to a registration page!  Ok, breathe, fill out the info. 

Onto the ticket page.  Ok, I bet only Luge and curling are left…so what did we get tickets for?

That’s right Canadian Women’s Hockey!!

We’ll see them play Sweden in the preliminary rounds on Wed February 17th, 2010.

 

But that’s not all!  I thought, ok, lets see what else is out there…

 

 

 

That’s right! we’re also seeing the Canadian Men’s Hockey team play Switzerland on Thursday Feb 18th in the preliminary rounds!!

This is honestly one of my biggest dreams come true! I’m so excited, I haven’t stopped smiling all day and I can’t possibly sit still!!

The Olympics have a special place in my heart- I stay up day and night watching them and cheering our National teams on.  My uncle is a 2-time Olympian (Canadian National Basketball team), my friends are Paralympians (swimming) and many of my professors in University were on Olympic training teams.  In fact, one of the reasons why I went to UWO was because it’s the only Olympic affiliated University in Canada.

I can not believe how blessed I am to  be able to have the opportunity to  cheer for our Canadian men and women, on home soil and while playing one of our National games.

Now I have to wait until February 2010.

 

HAPPY SATURDAY!!

Ciao for now,

 

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