2010 Olympics-Wednesday

Wednesday, February 24th:

Traveling with Alice and her boyfriend Chuck to the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver/Whistler. We left Arlington at about 8:30am and had no problems crossing the U.S./Canadian border, less than a five minute wait. Continued on to New Westminister, where we rented a brand new condo. Arrived at the condo just after 10am and started unloading the car.

I proceeded to take pictures of the condo and wanted things put away. I started putting bags and luggage in the closets and unloaded a grocery bag into the refrigerator. As I was putting things in the refrigerator, the bag began to slip and a bottle of red wine came crashing to the floor. The bottle broke into many small pieces and red wine was all over the brand new white tile. ( Not the best way to spend our first few minutes in the condo).

We all gathered in the kitchen to begin cleaning up the mess. The wine was cleaning up from the tile, but not the light colored grout. We all began to wonder, if the floors had been sealed? We finished cleaning up the glass and wine and figured we would have to wait and see if the grout dried normal or not.

Next, we decided to head into Vancouver to pick-up our event tickets at the will call office. Browsed a few side walk venders and then found a bar, "Earls" in Yaletown to watch the Canada hockey game. Chuck left Alice and I at Earls, while he went to a game hockey game at Thunderbird Arena. Alice and I finished watching Canada game and then decided to go back to New Westminister and finish getting unpacked and settled in.

When we got back to New Westminister, we stopped into a neighborhood grocer. Not a lot to choose from, but we picked up a few things. Got settled in at the condo and watched the hockey game on TV, that Chuck was at. Before we went to bed that evening, we noticed that the grout was much darker in the areas where the wine had spilled. So, the floors had not been sealed! I spent the night, dreaming about grout and what was going to happen. We paid a $100 deposit, so worst case, no deposit back.