Excitement is building in the lead-up to the Olympics. I don’t want to bore those readers with no interest in winter sports, but inevitably I am going to be blogging about the Games a LOT. I’ll be focusing on the events themselves (especially the ones I’m going to!); the cultural events (although I’m hearing that it’s going to be difficult to get in to the free concerts and parties); the buzz around town due to the invasion by athletes, supporters and media from all over the world; disruptions to traffic and other aspects of daily life; and my reaction to foreign media coverage of Vancouver (please send me links to any examples you spot in your local media!)<\/p>\n
If you’re not interested in any of the above, please come back in March! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
Oh, and you still have a week to enter the pool<\/a>. Choose the country (or countries) you think will get the most medal points per head of population (3 medal points for a gold, 2 for silver, 1 for bronze). Predict the final medal count as a tie-breaker.<\/p>\n Entries so far:<\/p>\n Cath: Canada: 8 gold, 7 silver, 5 bronze.<\/p>\n Cath: GB (purely out of a sense of obligation): 2 silver, 1 bronze<\/p>\n Bob: Finland: 1 gold, 5 silver, 4 bronze<\/p>\n Alyssa: Germany: 10 gold, 14 silver, 5 bronze<\/p>\n Chall: Sweden: 3 gold, 3 silver, 4 bronze<\/p>\n Nina: Canada: 7 gold, 6 silver, 3 bronze<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Excitement is building in the lead-up to the Olympics. I don’t want to bore those readers with no interest in winter sports, but inevitably I am going to be blogging about the Games a LOT. I’ll be focusing on the … Continue reading