Art Institute & Bears game

Casey braved the cold weather to experience Monday Night Football, watching the Chicago Bears beat the Minnesota Vikings.

View from his seat.

We visited the Art Institute today with Sophia and Allison.

Christmas in Chicago

We are spending the Christmas holidays in Chicago, visiting Allison, Nils and our granddaughter, Sophia. We awoke the first morning to lots of snow! Sophia liked throwing snowballs.

Merry Christmas! We went to Christmas Eve mass, followed by dinner at a fancy fondue restaurant.

On Christmas day, we opened some presents, and had a yummy turkey dinner.

Casey went to a Chicago Blackhawks game with Allison and Nils. Although Chicago lost, it was still a good game.

Early Christmas

Due to other commitments we had an early Christmas last weekend with John and his family. Check out the hat.

Olympic Venues Part 4

Illustrating curling technique.

Located next to Nat Bailey Stadium near Queen Elizabeth Park is the Vancouver Olympic/ Paralympic Centre for curling events.

http://vancouver.ca/PARKS/info/2010Olympics/hillcrest.htm

Curling disks in art form.

An outdoor and indoor recreational pool is adjacent to the curling centre.

At Queen Elizabeth Park.

UBC hockey arena will be host to ice hockey and sledge hockey.

http://www.webcommunications.ubc.ca/ubc2010/about/ubc-venues/

Olympic Venues Part 3

The Richmond Olympic Oval will be the venue of the speed skating events and the location for the official anti-doping lab.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmond_Olympic_Oval

Front south side.
North side. You can get a glimpse of a large red net in the background.

Inside the main lobby.
Facility for a practice rowing centre.
http://richmondoval.ca/virtualtour/virtual_tour_new.htm

East side view.

One of the ponds was filled with cranberries.

Olympic Venues Part 2

The official countdown clock for the Olympic and Paralympic games is located outside the Art Gallery at the corner of Hornby and Georgia Streets.

This Canadian flag can be seen across the street from the Olympic clock.

The 1.1 billion dollar Olympic Village (still under construction) is in the False Creek area not far from Science World.

The view from the Olympic Village looking at False Creek and downtown. On the left is BC Place Stadium where the opening, closing and medal ceremonies will be held. On the right is GM Place to be called Canada Hockey Place.

Olympic Venues Part 1

We have started to visit different Olympic Venues before the Olympic Games brings the onslaught of visitors. Our first stop was at Canada Place and the Broadcasting Centre which will host media personnel.

One of many "Eagle art" displayed throughout the city centre.

The Broadcasting Centre as viewed from Canada Place.
Looking north from the Broadcasting Centre you will see Olympic rings in Burrard Inlet. The rings can put on programmable light shows, which they'll do every time a Canadian athlete wins a medal. A similar set of rings can be seen near the airport.
The Broadcasting Centre. Note the world sphere inside the front lobby.
A closer view.
Looking east from Canada Place.

Happy Halloween

We went to the Tecters on Halloween for some hot chili and an evening of fireworks hosted by Bryan and Alex.

Everyone gathered around for the big bang.

Bryan getting ready to light "Whistling Dixie".

And there she goes...

Chicago Visit

Audrey went for a visit to Chicago to enjoy the fall weather with Nils, Allison and Sophia.

A visit to the pumpkin patch.