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Tag Archives: 2010 Olympics

Behind the Scenes in the International Broadcasting Center

Each of us at BikeHike gets a day off to enjoy the 2010 Winter Olympic events here in Vancouver. Meg is on her Olympic day today, and I (Anny) had mine yesterday. I had the opportunity to take a private tour of the International Broadcasting Center (IBC) where CTV, NBC and all the international television [...]

Mittens!! Mittens!! Who Wants Mittens?

Olympic fever is still going strong and The Bay’s online store has already sold out of those red Olympic mittens! Want a pair? BikeHike is giving away six pairs of Olympic mitts from now until the end of the games. All you have to do to enter is either: Become a BikeHike Facebook Fan Follow [...]

An Olympic Commute

Vancouverites have been speculating and worrying for months about what kind of an impact the 2010 Winter Olympics would have on their daily commutes. It wasn’t until today though that we at BikeHike saw a dramatic change in how we got to work. Here are two very different versions of our morning commute: Anny I [...]

Google to the Rescue

2010 Winter Olympic alpine ski training runs have been cancelled for the day due to weather changes. According to Olympic alpine rules, all athletes must have at least one trial run before competition can begin. Canadians might be secretly hoping that this will give Vancouverite skiers an advantage, but I think everyone will agree it’s [...]

A Sense of the Olympics

We’re only two days away from the 2010 Winter Olympics and you can really start to feel it in Vancouver! With national houses beginning to open to the public, guest lists for clubs and events quickly filling up, road closures and a swarm of smurfs on the streets (our term of endearment for Olympic volunteers), [...]