Day 4 at the Olympics

We had a great and tiring day today. We ended back at the hotel about 12:30 AM on Thursday morning after a full day. We started off the day by hitting a mall and picking up some souvenirs. We then made our way downtown to walk around and see some sights. We also had lunch at a regular restaurant where we actually got to sit down and eat and order off a menu. It was nice to eat some real food for a change.

We had tickets for the mens hockey game, Sweden VS Germany to we went to the stadium. After the security check we waited in line. There was a little entertainment in line with some dancers performing. We couldn't see very well but at least there was some music to keep us occupied.

The game went well. We were in the very top row of the regular seating and two of our seat were right on the aisle. The Canadians love their hockey and it was a loud crowd. We did notice that there were alot of available seats in the lower section. The NHL players look a lot bigger than the Spokane Chief hockey players, even from the distance of the last row of the stadium.

We watched until almost the end of the 2nd period since we had tickets to the women's hockey game across town. We debated about selling the tickets to the womens game since it was so far away, but we decided to leave a little early and try and make it to the womens game before it started.

We managed to get on the public transportation, the Skytrain, switch over to the Canada Line rapid transit, and then a bus. The bus was jam packed. We all were in the front right by the driver and had to keep out of his line of vision. We made it to the womens game about 5 minutes after it started.

The womens game was more fun than the mens and I'm glad we made the trip. We had much better seats, about 8 rows from the ice, and the arena was much smaller. It just made the game more fun. I even heard Rylee say she had fun a this game, and that's a big endorsement. I got some good pictures but I'll have to load them up later.

After the game, we made our way back downtown on another crowded bus and rapid transit to the official Olympic Superstore. It was open until midnight so we were hoping the crowds would be down. We still had to wait in line a little bit but we were able to get all our shopping done. It's a big store and we were tired but in the Olympic spirit, we did
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We were done and made it back to the hotel, wound down a little by watching some Olympics on TV and went to bed. Now it's time to pack up and brave the border again. Hopefully it will be as smooth as the trip over.

I think the kids had fun. Jarret even made a comment that he was glad we let him tag along with us to the Olympics......that made the trip even better.