Vancouver--The Final Frontier

My day in Vancouver started with me being escorted out of the stadium by the RoyalCanadian Mounted Police. Here's a picture of me being mounted.

The rest of my day was spent setting up interviews with athletes and various sports reporters. Here, Nancy Swider Peltz talks to NBC's Andrea Kramer. I also helped set up an interview with Eric Heiden--outside in the rain.

Volunteers are EVERYWHERE. I talked to a volunteer recruiter who said they had almost 25,000 volunteers working the Games. That's about 1,000 for each country. I shouldn't have to do my own laundry or even wash my own hair. They're uber-polite and stand out in their bright blue coats.

I never considered myself to be a pin trader but I put my speedskating pin on my lanyard and since then people have started giving me pins. I've acquired quite the collection. I am an official Olympics nerd. It's becoming quite heavy and I've developed a slouch.