The Olympics are finally over and I’m finally back in recovery mode. The patriotism was roaring in vancouver for the 17 days and despite al the hate and negative factors attending the Olympics was a great experience.

CTV did a surprisingly good job of capturing exactly what was going on in the city. I’m not sure I’ve ever seen that much red in my life. There are definitely some upset crypts.

I’m finally back home and enjoying my own bed for a change. You’ll see some of the posts going up over the next few days about the top places to shop & eat in the city.

One of the most memorable moments had no photo with it but close your eyes and imagine (ok don’t really unless you can read with your eyes closed)

It was Tuesday afternoon, Canada had to beat Germany in Men’s Hockey to advance to the quarter-finals. My flight is at 2:15, delayed of course. Game time is 3:30pm. Flight is about 2 hours to Calgary with a touchdown in Kelowna, B.C.

Second half of the flight the game comes on and instantly half the plane is tuned in.

Two minutes into the game, the flight attendants announce we’re coming in for landing and the TVs are going off.

Instantly, the crowd erupts in ‘Boo!’

I loudly suggest that we keep the TVs on until the last second, they agree and the TVs are back on, and within minutes Canada scores and the silent crowd (keep in mind we are all watching on headphones and on a plane) bursts into applause and shouts!

We scared just about everyone else on the plane. This is patriotism in its finest. Complete strangers uniting not only to get the TVs turned on, something that would never happen under other circumstances, but watching attentively, sharing headphones to listen and cheering in unison.

I’m not sure i was ever more aware of how the Olympics united all Canadians.

We scored a second time before we landed and everyone rushed off to get to the closet TV for the next game highlight.

Of course you now know that we ended up winning the Gold medal, a record breaking 14 Gold medals at the winter olympics on home turf. With an estimated 16.6million Canadians watching the game (thats 54% of the country’s population) This will be something Canada will never forget.