While I have missed being there, I have lots of connections to it. I have many friends who have done an unbelievable job of getting all the Alpine skiing events completed and I have Mimi, Katie, Devin and Rebecca in Whistler enjoying the experience....and any Olympic outfit that would fit a 10 lb baby, I have paid for.
This afternoon, a number of Canadians got together to kick back, have some beers and watch the Gold medal men's hockey game. 
Call it an Olympic Lime.
Call it an Olympic Lime. We got together at Trotters, a sports bar here in Port of Spain (it is also across the road from the Canadian High Commission). Most Canadians were wearing red and there were several flags. The Americans were quite understated (a bit of a surprise). There was one girl painting maple leafs on everyone's face. 
The bar has 16 TV's, 14 of them were tuned into the game. We even got a glimpse of Don Cherry...
The bar has 16 TV's, 14 of them were tuned into the game. We even got a glimpse of Don Cherry...
I had a couple of people from work who are down here from Calgary that joined us. Barry got his maple leaf. 
Ryan was quite happy with his toque... 
but he did add a flag later in the evening.
Ryan was quite happy with his toque... but he did add a flag later in the evening.
Having the game going into overtime didnt help but winning the gold was cool.
Tonight, we may have recruited a little one from Trinidad (here with Dana) to either take up hockey... 
or at least know to cheer for Canada.
or at least know to cheer for Canada.I am looking forward to catching the Closing Ceremonies tonight.
As I type this, NBC is showing a lookback of the games and while there is an American spin to it, they have shown and said lots of great things about Canada and about Canadians - we need to do more of that ourselves.B.
Nice!
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