Sean has already pressed the attendant button in the bathroom at the airport and here on the flight to tell everyone about his role at the Olympics.
The pilot tells us we are ready for take off...
A busy day ahead as we will just have time to drop our bags off at the house we have rented, race to training on Gravely St, then to Accreditation and to pick up our official Olympic volunteer uniforms at Pacific National Exhibition grounds.
Whew, a windy take off and we are flying over Aurora and Newmarket...
We are being met by Steve, an olympic volunteer himself, who has aquired two vans and enlisted another volunteer to meet us at the airport. I can't tell you how it was that Steve picked up our story, but I can tell you that his offer to drive us to the above venues has saved us so much time, stress and money!
The pilot just made an announcement that the system of individual viewing screens for passenger entertainment is crashing so he needs to re boot. Larry exclaimed "I don't think a pilot should use the word crash in any reference during a flight announcement"...
The house we have rented is courtesy of Joanne, Moore and Alexandra who saved us $5000 in rental fees. Joanne, my best friend, listened to our rental woes and after months of searching, offered to rent to us for a discounted price. As sorry as we are to displace Joanne's family, we are that much more grateful to have a welcoming home close to our volunteer venue, Canada Hockey Place.
Nothing but clouds below us now...
A long day ahead of us after an early rise and everyone is winding down for a mid-flight nap. I can't wait to meet Steve, introduce everyone to Joanne, Moore and Alexandra, see Ben's Grandparents who are meeting us for a quick hello at the airport and blink back the tears when we all get our first glimpse of the mountains! Rick Mercer said it best during his rant this past week; "the rest of the world is going to be stunned by the beauty of Vancouver" and we are ready to be stunned right along with the rest of the world...
