Opening Ceremony!

After seeing the torch on Thursday the excitement was really starting to build for the opening ceremony. For the duration of the olympics a big screen has been setup in Yaletown to go and watch the olypmic action live. This is where we headed first to try and see the opening ceremony. However we arrived just after it started, and there was a two block line-up. So instead we went to Robson square, where there we multiple screens and a projected screen on the side of Sears. We stayed and watched from there until near the end, where the flame left the stadium to go and light the official torch across the other side of downtown, near Canada Place and waterfront. The flame was carried by Wayne Gretsky (a famous Canadian hockey player I think) on the back of a truck covered in olympic sponsors. As the pictures were being shown live, everyone realised that it was passing a block away from Robson square where we were watching, so the whole crowd ran to see it go past. Then everyone ran after the flame, following it all the way to waterfront, across the city. The traffic was forced to stop to let all of the people running in the middle of the street to go past. We eventually made it down to waterfront where we saw the flame lit and then a massive firework display. The atmosphere was amazing with everyone having just run across the city and then watching the firework display. Here are some photos to have a look at, I will try and post some more from my friends when I get hold of them!

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