Hockey day. I was excited to go to my first tweet-up and maybe see some of the twitter people that I know. But excited too because we wouldn’t have to line up to get into watch the game! We got great seats right in front of the big screen. Pays to be places on time!

Must say, I thought we would play better against Switzerland but Switzerland played a good game and their goalie was solid! But a shoot out? Man, my heart can’t take that stress! But thanks to Crosby, we won the game!

A fun night hanging out with friends but an early night too. Glad we pulled out the win and looking forward to the game against the US on Sunday!

Adrian and Arlana watching the game.

Jimmy celebrates our win

The Norwegian curling pants with a Canadian version!

Granville Street celebrates the win!

Day 6. I have to admit that I am happy Monday was a rest day because this week has been busy. Working all day and then enjoying the Olympic experience at night. That being said, I still have been in bed at a decent time every night. Priorities right?

Last night, we checked out the Minus 5 Lounge that has been set up on the patio at Monk McQueens. Clearly it is not a place you want to be spending hours in because it freakin cold! But it was fun to check out, have a drink and take some pictures!

Arlana and I

I was lucky enough to have been invited to an event at Sochi House. It was weird to walk into Science World and see zero resemblance of what it used to be. They really did a great job of transforming it into a place of information and fun.

The lower floor is dedicated to Sochi’s plans for the next Winter Olympics including a model of the town. Vancouver was lucky to have a lot of the event buildings etc in place but Sochi has to start from scratch.

Upstairs is where the club is located with a bar, dance floor and a stage for the bands. There is a VIP area with “pods” to sit in with lots of TV’s for Olympic viewing. We had a really good time! Careful at the bar though… they free pour that vodka!!

Russian Dancers

Pods in the VIP Lounge.

Hanging out at the bar.

Trying to score!!

To end the night, we were able to catch the fireworks that are held nightly at 10:45.

Hockey Day. I think if you are a hockey fan, you were waiting for this day. Canada’s first hockey game of the tournament! I was pretty much excited from the time I woke up and was counting down the hours till the game started!

But before the hockey game could start, Canada had hopes in the Women’s Snowboard Cross event and our athletes did not disappoint! Maelle Ricker won the Gold in an amazing performance!

From her winning run, to hockey. We managed to get into The Shark Club although it was standing room only. It was a sea of red! And has to be said, a lot of drunken people who probably could care less about hockey and just wanted to party! But they were harmless and actually pretty funny, so ended up to splitting my time watching hockey and all of them! It was a solid defeat of the Norway team. 8-0. It was so great to see Roberto Luongo get the start and record a shut out in front of his legions of Vancouver Canuck fans!

Jen, Jimmy, Arlana and I

We score!!

Alexisonfire was playing at the LiveCity Yaletown site so we made our way down there. The line up went really quickly even though it looked completely intimidating! It was a cold night to have to wait two hours for the show but we were hoping it would be worth it.

Arlana, me and Sue

Unfortunately, about 20 sec into the first song, there was a crush towards the front and a barrier broke and ended up hurting a few people. They stopped immediately but because of some of the injuries, the show was cancelled. I was worried about the reaction from the thousands of people at the cancellation but everyone left without incident. Too bad about the show but I just hope anyone who was injured is ok.

Alexisonfire (as they took the stage)