Pre Olympic Downtown Vancouver

As a resident and native of Vancouver Canada, I have a handful of memories which are distinctive to my connection to the city. The Vancouver Whitecaps winning the 1979 NASL Soccer Bowl Championship, Expo 86 and now the 2010 Winter Olympics. Having been out of the country for the past three years, I haven’t had much of a connection with the games any more than any other non-sporting resident of Japan. Yet, as I walked through downtown today, I too felt the excitement and pride felt by the hundreds of volunteers and employees who have worked hard to put together the safest and most enjoyable event worthy of global attendance and attention.

Here are a few of my photographs today as I casually walked through the streets.

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The motto for these games is “You Gotta Be Here.” Today I certainly was grateful I was.

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