Vancouver is ready for the Olympic spotlight (USA Today)
From USA Today:
By Jayne Clark
USA TODAY
VANCOUVER, B.C. — As the Olympic countdown clock outside the Vancouver Art Gallery struck 6 p.m. on Feb. 12, exactly one year before the kickoff of the 2010 Winter Games, air horns blasted from the distinctive white-sails rooftop of Canada Place convention center. A squadron of celebratory torch-bearing skiers hurtled down Grouse Mountain above the city. Diners in restaurants laid down their forks and applauded. And a few hundred street protesters torched an Olympic flag.
Naysayers notwithstanding — after all, any civic bash with a price tag in the billions is bound to attract some critics — Canada's stunning glass city is ready for its close-up as host of the next Olympics.
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2009-03-12-vancouver-olympics_N.htm
By Jayne Clark
USA TODAY
VANCOUVER, B.C. — As the Olympic countdown clock outside the Vancouver Art Gallery struck 6 p.m. on Feb. 12, exactly one year before the kickoff of the 2010 Winter Games, air horns blasted from the distinctive white-sails rooftop of Canada Place convention center. A squadron of celebratory torch-bearing skiers hurtled down Grouse Mountain above the city. Diners in restaurants laid down their forks and applauded. And a few hundred street protesters torched an Olympic flag.
Naysayers notwithstanding — after all, any civic bash with a price tag in the billions is bound to attract some critics — Canada's stunning glass city is ready for its close-up as host of the next Olympics.
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2009-03-12-vancouver-olympics_N.htm
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