Olympic Gold

It's my final morning here, packing everything up and preparing to check out of the hotel so I can leave for the airport and head home. My first Olympic experience has been an absolute blast from beginning to end. I've been very busy between blogging and writing for the daily paper, but if this was my full-time job, I'd probably never want a day off.

At any rate, I've really enjoyed sharing my experiences in Vancouver with you all, and I hope that you have enjoyed reading about them. This is a wonderful city with some extremely friendly people, and I wasn't able to come close to seeing everything I wanted to see. I'm definitely planning a trip back here in the future. Vancouver did itself proud with its hospitality during the past 2 weeks, and I don't think I'm just saying that because I walked around town with a media credential around my neck.

I really appreciate the hard work of my co-workers back at the DRC office, who were able to keep our daily machine humming along even with me being gone for 10 days during one of the busiest times of the year. The work ethic and positive attitude they showed is something for which I'm very grateful. For a journalist from a paper as small as the DRC to travel to a foreign country to cover the Olympics is unusual, and I also thank my bosses at the paper for the opportunity.

The Olympics aren't quite over, of course. There is plenty of competition still on tap today and tomorrow, and lots of medals still to be handed out before the closing ceremony. So I'll keep the blog going from the home front until the flame goes out here in Vancouver. Keep checking back, and leave comments as always.