Day 167: 5th day of Olympic festivities

Today we went to the Concord Pacific / Science World area. We went to Sochi (Russia), Saskatchewan, Quebec, Ontario and Edgewater Celebration Village.

I was meeting my friends at 2 pm in front of Sochi (Russia) which is known as Science World before and after the Olympics. There was a massively long line up to get in. It snaked round and round and round. We waited for about an hour before we got into the building. You had to walk thru a metal detector before entering the building. There was only one metal detector. Sochi occupied all three levels of Science World. The bottom floor has a small stage where they had performers. The middle floor had various rooms. They had their broadcast room. There was a room with many TV screens and you can watch the Olympics. There was a room which showcased their new train system. The top floor showed Russian movies. We didn't watch any movies.

The men's hockey game Canada vs US was on at 4:40pm. After Sochi, we wanted to watch the game. We ended up watching the game at Edgewater Casino in their Vue Bar and Lounge. It was good they had the sound on and there were lots of Canadian fans. It's too bad we lost tonites game.

Outside Edgewater Casino was the Edgewater Celebration Village. There were lots of booths that sell food and stuff. It is very similar to the Richmond Night Market (aka Summer Night Market). There was bubble tea booths, food booths, jewelery booths and clothing booths. It took us about 10 mins to walk thru the whole thing. When we were done Edgewater, we walked back to see Ontario, Sask and Quebec.

Quebec we did a quick walk thru before we went to Edgewater to see if there was space for us to watch the game there. They had small TV screens and it was too packed and didn't have space for us. In Quebec, they sold food and there was a stage. There wasn't a schedule so we didn't know when the performers came on. We didn't stay long in Quebec.

Ontario looks neat on the outside and there was a long line up. There is two sections to Ontario; one was the 4D show and the other was the pavilion. We lined up for the 4D show first. I like 4D shows. They are quite neat. It is an enhanced 3D show. The show was advertising Ontario and what it has to offer visitors. There was a line up for the pavilion because a band was going to perform. We didn't want to see the band but we wanted to see inside the pavilion and try some of their food. I knew someone who works at Ontario and she helped us by passed the line. We ordered a bit of food and relaxed.

Saskatchewan was quite boring. There are two buildings. One building was closed when we were there. It had a private function. This building was round like a balloon. On the outside they projected images of Saskatchewan. The other building was a large tent and inside was a beer garden with a stage. We didn't want to drink and we didn't want to watch the performer. We spent about 5 mins in that tent.