In less than ten days the biggest city of the west coast of Canada is opening its streets and heart to the world. The city is ready, the people are ready, wherever you look there are banners and maple leafs, more than ever the Canadian pride is in the air. People walking down the streets make sure to show the world where they come from, the most friendly country of the world is opening its most laid back city to the Winter Olympics.
Apart from the mess of streets and school being closed, touristic attractions being used as other country showcase, and the amount of money used to build a whole new skytrain line that connects downtown to the airport, a whole set of buildings to be the Olympic village, fare free street cars that take the athletes back and forth and constructions all over the city, most of the population seem to be thrilled with the idea of being a host city. I know I am!
I understand that much of the money spent on Vancouver for the Olympics could be used towards something else, and it’s always like that, wherever country that hosts the Olympic will be criticized by some of its population for spending money on something not so urgent, but in my opinion that was all very good for the city, you look around and it’s even prettier, if that’s even possible, things that had to be done for a while, got done! And after the games are over, and the whole world had a taste of the best place on Earth, they’ll all go home and we, the population of Vancouver, will stay home living in a even better place!
So let the games begin!
And let Vancouver shine to show the world how splendid we can be!
Apart from the mess of streets and school being closed, touristic attractions being used as other country showcase, and the amount of money used to build a whole new skytrain line that connects downtown to the airport, a whole set of buildings to be the Olympic village, fare free street cars that take the athletes back and forth and constructions all over the city, most of the population seem to be thrilled with the idea of being a host city. I know I am!
I understand that much of the money spent on Vancouver for the Olympics could be used towards something else, and it’s always like that, wherever country that hosts the Olympic will be criticized by some of its population for spending money on something not so urgent, but in my opinion that was all very good for the city, you look around and it’s even prettier, if that’s even possible, things that had to be done for a while, got done! And after the games are over, and the whole world had a taste of the best place on Earth, they’ll all go home and we, the population of Vancouver, will stay home living in a even better place!
So let the games begin!
And let Vancouver shine to show the world how splendid we can be!
http://www.vancouver2010.com/
