Figure Skating is fun to watch..even when you know nothing about it!

One great thing about this trip is I'm getting to see lots of different parts of Vancouver. Yesterday I was ont he far Western reaches of the city for Women's hockey, and today I went east and saw Pairs Figure Skating! I know nothing about the scoring system used in figure skating, but there were plenty of people situated around me willing to explain the broader points to me. Neither the Americans nor the Canadians did well in this event. The Gold and Silver went to China while the Bronze went to Germany. And this was one of the very few events where the medal ceremony was held immediately at the site so I got to witness that, along with the raising of the flags and the playing of the Chinese anthem. It was all pretty cool. I have a short turnaround tonight. It was raining heavily when we left Pacific Coliseum tonight, and then it was a 20 minute bus ride to downtown Vancouver, and then another 50 minute ride to the ferry terminal to try and catch the last scheduled ferry run of the evening, the 11:00 pm boat across the Straight. The bus pulled up to the terminal at about 10:55pm so I knew it was going to be cutting it extremely clode to make the last ferry of the day! As luck would have it, there had been a probelm with a ramp on the other side of the trip so the ferry was delayed and we actually got started about 15 minutes late, which meant I didn't get home until almost 12:30am (2:30 AM in Minnesota). And tomorrow morning, I head to the southern part of the city, to watch men's curling, which begins at 9am. That means I have to be on the 6:20 am ferry. So I will close off for tonight.