Arrival

So, I arrived in the Great White North at about 10:00 a.m. local time, or about 1:00 p.m. on the east coast. And although it’s been Great so far, it’s not very White. Rain and mist greeted my friend Josh and I when we got off the plane. It had been a tiring day up to that point. I woke up at 3:30 a.m. to get to the airport around 5 to board my plane that took off at 7. Then I sat through a six-hour flight with no sleep. So, when 10:00 a.m. in Vancouver rolled around the gloomy day didn’t do a lot to wake me up. But, even that couldn’t quell my excitement for being in Vancouver. Even the airport was bursting with Olympic signs, banners and displays. One of the cooler things we got to do was head straight into a special “Olympic Line” instead of going through regular Customs services. Once through that we got our media credentials validated. Event though I’m just a student from Ithaca, I got to go through the same line as the rest of the world’s media, which was really cool. We took a cab into the city with a very interesting cab driver who tried to talk to us about real estate in Pennsylvania. After checking into our hotels Josh and I went out to lunch at a really cool pub just up the street. It had on the Celtic football game and had the feel of a London pub, which I loved. Now, I’m just hanging out in the hotel room, fighting off sleep to try and beat the jet lag and once a few more of our friends get here we’re going to explore the city a little more. But so far, my first few hours in Vancouver have been great!