The Olympic Torch Run
Posted by: Daniel in Learning, My life, tags: 2010, logo, Olympic, Olympic torch run, Olympics, Run, Torch, Vancouver, Vancouver 2010
On Monday, I got up like I would almost every day. I got dressed, ate breakfast and then walked to school. It was like just any other day, except later we were going to go down to Lewis Park to see the Olympic Torch Run ceremony!
But before that, we still had to do a few things first. We went to the computer lab so that we could do some work on our blogs. Once we had finished that(at 9:45 AM), it was time for us to go to the buses and leave for Lewis Park. It took about 15-20 minutes to get there after we had left the school, so we didn’t get there until about 10:00 AM. We still had a little walk to the stage, where there was a giant mass of people watching live performances.
I watched a few of the performances(which were really good!), but then I ran into some of my old friends from last year, and my teacher from last year. Their school was also at the ceremony! After a while of talking to them, I noticed that they had Coca Cola bottles, and asked where they were getting them from. At the edge of the park, there were a whole bunch of booths and stuff that were handing out free hot chocolate and cola! There were also some other things being handed out like tambourines and glowing cola bottles! I didn’t get one of the glowing cola bottles because I wasn’t there when the guy was handing them out.
While me and some classmates were exploring, the Olympic Torch finally came in! That was what we had been waiting for the whole time, and I thought that it was great to see it. At the same time, there were SAR Techs parachuting down from a helicopter, but they were a bit late(they were supposed to come before the torch did), so not many people really noticed them. The person who had the torch then came up to the stage and lit the main torch with it, and some more performances came on after that.
Our class got to take a picture with Mr. Pullin, one of the people who were running with the torch. I also got to hold the torch because there was a person letting people hold it. I thought it was quite heavy for a torch, but I wasn’t the person who designed it! We then got into a line and walked back to the buses because it was time for us to leave.
Once we got back to the school, we ate our lunches and then we worked on a list of the things that happened that day.
Has the Olympic Torch passed through your town? Or have the Olympics been held close to where you live? Leave a comment and I’ll get back to you as soon as I can!
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