Once again an unexpected day off

Regular readers are no doubt aware of my whining about the inactivity of the past few days for us in the athlete village. Well after I posted yesterday's blog update they called and said I had the day off. Others were in the same boat - it was a gorgeous day here today and I was able to take advantage of it.

I naturally slept in a bit , had breakfast then later on went for a run , this time taking my camera. I'm getting spoiled running here and the streets of Stittsville will be very boring in comparison. Here are a few shots taken along the way.

 

  

This is the back of our hotel taken from the path on the way back.

After noon my friend Denise from Ottawa and her daughter Courtney, also from Ottawa but now living in Australia, came up for the day from Vancouver. They are both chaperoning here for the games. They did the Peak to Peak and it was sunny and clear for them. We had lunch after that. I had one actual sort of celebrity sghting , Premier Campbell of BC and a Garth Brooks look alike- maybe I should have started one of his classic songs like "I've got friends in low places" to see if it was actually him. After lunch we walked about in Whistler Village and many people were doing the same thing. Here are Denise and Courtney in front of a bandstand with another free concert.

 

There are many colourful team uniforms around and here are two :
 

These mannequins are in the Russian out fit and some stores have big sections of these - $450 for the jacket. 

 

If you can read closely this is the Czech team outfit. Very colourful.

Denise and Courtney left about 6:30pm for the bus back to Vancouver and I returned to Creekside. I met up with some colleagues and we had dinner at the Southside Diner. Neat spot. This next picture is for Deen as you'll see the Mac and Cheese special.

 

Final picture of the day shows Kathy having a press briefing where she explains the chaperone part of the anti-doping program. Did you all see it on TV?
 

A scheduled day off on Saturday and I'm meeting an old classmate and his wife for a suishi lunch - should be interesting.