Olympic Fever

We started our day by witnessing another passing of the torch – this time by the Ferry Docs at Falsecreek Marinaside. I thought last night was magnificent but this was something to see.

There was so much happiness and patriotism in the air. Everyone dressed in Red, raising their flags and screaming “Canada! Canada!”

There were crowds and crowds of people everywhere! And yet, we were not stifled or scared or overwhelmed. It was what I call a “comfortable congestion”.

My husband, Sameer, was videotaping and photographing everything. I was trying to absorb everything. I didn’t know where to look, there was so much to see. It was truly spectacular.

Then, all of a sudden, I noticed a large crowd of people running like it was the last day on earth. They were actually running after the Torch, trying to meet it at the next destination point or the pass off to the next Torch bearer.

I laughed and laughed, thinking these people are crazy to want to follow the Torch.

Just then, Sameer stopped videotaping and said, ok, let’s go. We too started running. We had become ‘these crazy people’ following the torch.

We ran and successfully did meet the torch at the pass-off stage. It was worth it just for that. We had a laugh about it afterwards.

We ended up outside BC Place, where the opening ceremonies were held this evening. We explored some more fantastic exhibits and happily stood back while CTV filmed my son, Sohail, for the evening news.

We had an opportunity to hold a bar of real gold, weighing 28 pounds, worth approximately half a million dollars.

Stay tuned for more updates!