Saturday Downtown Parties
I’ll now admit, I wasn’t in the highest of spirits when I blogged about the opening ceremonies. But Saturday night I went downtown with just a few people to see one of the many free concerts taking place around the city. Leaving is rarely prompt and we got down there 15mins before the start so assumed we would line up not to get in. Instead we wondered around Granville Street, Robson Street, Robson Square, and the Waterfront.
What a night it turned out to be. We saw a guy and 3 people get inside a blown up balloon [youtube]. We found a massive rave on the steps down to the free ice rink powered by about 20-30 boombox style old stereos (most had duck tape keeping them in one piece), and found out we were in the perfect spot when fireworks and a laser show started. Later we met a gaggle of people in all-body one-piece lycra morphsuits. Everybody on the streets (most of them closed to traffic) were giving high fives, hugs, or general cheers. We saw the outdoor olympic flame, from a distance. It was amazing, we all love the olympics now. Click those links for some videos I took, and view the photos (with more of the story) below.
Sorry it took so long to post this. Editing and uploading my first video to youtube took more than a day, and the photo display failed to work until I found a mistake as I was converting my captions to the old display method. I’ll try and get the rest of the videos up soon and let you know about them.
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