Days 12 and 13 - Loose ends!

Tuesday Jen was sick and I needed to take it easy, so we stayed home all day. Wednesday I was up and off to the downtown around 10:30, to make a stop at an art supply store in Gastown. Later I met one of my colleagues, Susan, for lunch at the Transcontinental in the Waterfront subway station. I then walked up to get in line at the Bay's Olympic superstore. The line outside looked long, but it only took 8 minutes to get inside. There were lots of shoppers, employees and merchandise, so it seemed a bit crazy, but I did get some mementos to take home.

I then headed over to Caffe Artigiano in Robson Square, where I've wanted to go ever since Bob Blumer went there for a barista contest on his TV show.


I had a cappuccino with a leaf design in the crema on top, and got some coffee to take home as well. My next stop was the Thomas Haas store. He is a local chocolatier, originally from Belgium, whose chocolates I first discovered at Vij's. So I bought some for gifts and of course for me, as well as two small desserts, and headed home for the latest on TV. One great thing about the Olympic events here, is that many exciting things start around 4:30 or 5, so that they can be shown live back east, meaning that the evenings are the best time to watch the Olympics and especially now, it's hard to miss anything. We saw the women's medals in speedskating and bobsleigh tonight. They are doing great!