2010 Winter Olympics have ended

With the closing Ceremony the 2010 Winter Olympics have ended and athletes will travel to Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, Russia in 2014 where the weather will likely be less Mediterranean.

Overall the games went off well with few problems, regardless of what has been reported.  Weather was the big one, warm weather followed by torrential rain which washed away a lot of the snow pack on Cypress and made the mountains at Whistler laden with heavy snow.

For the Canadians the big Game came to fruition and they got to struggle with the USA in mens hockey for the gold medal.  This game was hyped to the point of hysteria.  Canada came out fast but the USA scored with seconds left in the game forcing overtime.  Canada won with a golden goal but in all the game was quite good, that coming from a soccer fan.

I won't miss the constant singing of Oh Canada at the drop of a hat but it is touching to see, once or twice, but not once or twice an hour.

If  I can sort out my notes before we head back to Thailand I'll try and write a bit more.  One more week and we are out of here.