Category Archives: Olympics

The Unsung Heroes of Vancouver 2010 Olympics

Posted on February 25, 2010 by GusF

With the hundreds of thousands people coming into the downtown core each and everyday one would expect to see trash everywhere in this city, but you’d be surprised how clean Vancouver looks. Not only are the people in town doing … Continue reading →

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Vancouver 2010 – Olympic Size Lines

Posted on February 19, 2010 by GusF

The Vancouver 2010 Olympics are well underway now and the excitement throughout the city has been amazing. With the amount of people that are constantly in the downtown core and all the free venues, pavilions and concerts, line ups have … Continue reading →

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Vectorial Elevation – Vancouver 2010

Posted on February 7, 2010 by GusF

From February 4 – 28 between dusk to dawn, 20 robotic spotlight will create a canopy of lights over English Bay known as Vectorial Elevation. The art work was created by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer from Montreal for the Vancouver 2010 Cultural … Continue reading →

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Vancouver City – Video

Posted on January 26, 2010 by GusF

Today while reading some news sites, I came across this wonderful video featuring our lovely city Vancouver as it gets ready to host the world for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. What is fasinating about the video is it is … Continue reading →

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Vancouver 2010 Rejected Me!

Posted on September 25, 2009 by GusF

As most of my friends on Twitter know by now, my Vancouver 2010 Ceremonies audition didn’t pan out. I wrote over a week ago that I hadn’t heard back from VANOC about my volunteer placement nor about my ceremonies audition. … Continue reading →

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Olympics Can You Hear Me?!

Posted on September 15, 2009 by GusF

Almost 10 months ago I had my first interview to be a potential Vancouver 2010 Olympic Volunteer. I did know that I had over 14 months before the games would land in Vancouver, but I was excited and happy to … Continue reading →

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International Paralympic Day 2009

Posted on July 11, 2009 by GusF

This past week I was invited to attend a event called “Sport in the Sky” to celebrate with Canadian Paralympic athletes International Paralympic Day. I was fortunate enough to go along with two other Vancouver bloggers Raul and Beth and … Continue reading →

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My Winter Olympics 2010 Dancing Auditions

Posted on May 31, 2009 by GusF

Well I did it. I auditioned for a dancing role for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Opening and Closing Ceremonies. I admit this morning when I woke up, I was very nervous. I was at the point of not even attending … Continue reading →

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Winter Olympic Journey Continues

Posted on May 15, 2009 by GusF

Last November I wrote about my experience at being interviewed to volunteer during the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games.  As I didn’t hear back from them in sometime, last month I decided to put my hat into appearing in the … Continue reading →

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My Olympic Volunteer Journey Begins

Posted on November 28, 2008 by GusF

A couple of weeks ago I finally got my phone interview from Vancouver 2010 Olympics about my volunteer submission I had signed up.  They went through the a few questions for pre-olympic events that will be happening next year that … Continue reading →

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