Hi everyone,
I'm glad you found my blog! My intentions are to let you follow along as I make a trip to the 2010 Winter Olympics, being held in beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia. For those of you unfamiliar with geography, Vancouver is located just north of Seattle, Washington on the Western edge of Canada. This trip has been almost 2 years in the planning stages and literally almost a lifetime in the dreaming stages.
This will be a continual work in progress. Things might be a little slow at first, as I learn the ins and outs of putting this blog together and simply because there isn't much to report on right at the moment.
The journey thus far.....
Almost four years ago, when I was watching the Winter Games of 2006 in Turin, Italy, I made up my mind that I wanted to attend the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver. I figured it was close enough that world wide travel wouldn't be required. Plus I've always heard that Vancouver is a GORGEOUS city! So I began mentally making lists of things that I wanted to do and how I would go aobut accomplishing them.
The first thing to do once things began to get serious over year ago, was to begin acquiring tickets to events! I found out that the Olympic organizers would be holding a ticket lottery through a private company. So I had to create an account with that company (http://www.cosport.com/) and take a look at the schedule of events.
At this point, I better back up and tell you that I had to figure out how long I wanted my trip to be. Opening Ceremonies are slated for February 12th and closing Ceremonies are February 28th of 2010. I am able to be in Vancouver from February 11th to the 21st, so I should be able to see a LOT of things.
In my next post, I'll let you know the event tickets that I appiled for and also which events I actually was awarded tickets too! Of course, there was some good news and bad news.. I didn't get everything I wanted..but who ever does?!
I'm glad you found my blog! My intentions are to let you follow along as I make a trip to the 2010 Winter Olympics, being held in beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia. For those of you unfamiliar with geography, Vancouver is located just north of Seattle, Washington on the Western edge of Canada. This trip has been almost 2 years in the planning stages and literally almost a lifetime in the dreaming stages.
This will be a continual work in progress. Things might be a little slow at first, as I learn the ins and outs of putting this blog together and simply because there isn't much to report on right at the moment.
The journey thus far.....
Almost four years ago, when I was watching the Winter Games of 2006 in Turin, Italy, I made up my mind that I wanted to attend the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver. I figured it was close enough that world wide travel wouldn't be required. Plus I've always heard that Vancouver is a GORGEOUS city! So I began mentally making lists of things that I wanted to do and how I would go aobut accomplishing them.
The first thing to do once things began to get serious over year ago, was to begin acquiring tickets to events! I found out that the Olympic organizers would be holding a ticket lottery through a private company. So I had to create an account with that company (http://www.cosport.com/) and take a look at the schedule of events.
At this point, I better back up and tell you that I had to figure out how long I wanted my trip to be. Opening Ceremonies are slated for February 12th and closing Ceremonies are February 28th of 2010. I am able to be in Vancouver from February 11th to the 21st, so I should be able to see a LOT of things.
In my next post, I'll let you know the event tickets that I appiled for and also which events I actually was awarded tickets too! Of course, there was some good news and bad news.. I didn't get everything I wanted..but who ever does?!
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