This blog began as a way to record my musings about preparations and travels to the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada February 16-27, 2010. From that amazing experience came this ongoing story of becoming a sports fan. You can follow my tales of awe, agony, and all the emotions in between as well as view pics from seasons of Phillies baseball. Along the way is a little Eagles football thrown in for fun, and even some astronomy and weather related tales. I feel lucky to have witnessed some historic games, some heartbreaking losses, but all wonderful when told from this new fan's point of view.

Blog Archives postings:
Dec 2009-Feb 2010
Olympics
March 2010-Dec 2011
Baseball and more
2011 The Phillies do again, winning the Eastern Championship for the 5th straight year.
April 2012-Sept 27 2012 Not the best season for the Phillies
2013-We wait and see!
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Monday, February 1, 2010

Daily posts from Vancouver

As part of the ticket buying experience, I registered on both the Canadian and US Olympic websites. Now I get almost daily emails about cultural events, buying bus tickets to the skiing venues, surveys, and most delighfully, videos and slides that Canadians are posting about Canada and Vancouver. I know the emails are not being sent to me, personally, but somehow I feel more excited by the advance welcome