Jaunted Winter Olympics Embed: The Final Days

February 26, 2010 at 5:32 PM | by TuijaSeipell | Comments (0)

The 2010 Winter Olympics are finally here and the Jaunted Embeds are on the scene. All throughout the games we are going to be providing you first-hand observations and tips from a Vancouver local. Tuija Seipell is a Vancouver-based writer and a dual citizen of both Finland and Canada--so she is bound to get a medal or two right? You can follow her on Twitter here, or just follow the Vancouver 2010 Olympics tag.

As we head into the final days of the Winter Olympics, I'd like to share what I've really enjoyed about this experience happening in my town. First, I've really loved the overall evening vibe in the city. I�m not talking about just the crowds on Robson Street or at the two Live Cities, or at Molson Hockey House, Club Bud and the many other Houses where long line-ups, expensive beer, large screens and great live music are to be found.

No, what I really love is the happy masses of humanity -- people of all ages from all over the world just walking about, many wearing their national colors, photographing and checking out the Olympic cauldron or the light show at Robson Square.

The Lantern Forest on the pedestrian-only section of Granville Street is another great evening photo-op. It�s a display of more than 2,000 lanterns created by children from Taiwan and Canada to celebrate the Lunar New Year and the Olympics.

Speaking of evening skylights, there's a way to contribute your part to the light shows that happen in the Vancouver night sky--even if you aren't in Vancouver! Vectorial Elevation is an interactive art installation with 20 robotic searchlights along the shores of English Bay. You can program your pattern and then watch it perform live.

I've also enjoyed the Victory Celebrations at BC Place, the location of the Opening and Closing Ceremonies. At each evening�s Celebration, the medalists from the Cypress Mountain events and short-track speed skating receive their medals in front of 22,000 spectators at a massive party televised live and shown at all big screens around the city.

For the audience, the Celebrations have been a huge bargain at $22 to $50 per ticket. They are well-produced shows with a different Canadian province providing a pre-show, followed by the medal ceremonies and then a live concert to end the evening.

But now there are only a few more medal ceremonies left.

Tuija Seipell will be posting more Olympics Observations throughout the weekend so stay tuned!

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