A sad day throughout the park today. The last day of the Olympics. It was sad but also really exciting for us Canadians who still had a gold medal hockey game to watch. Followed by the real end, closing ceremonies.
Mikaela was working at the MPC in the morning for the Canadian Olympic Committee's closing press conference. A time for everyone to reflect on how we did as a country and get a chance to ask the president and the chefs any questions they may have. It is also where the closing ceremonies flag bearer is announced. Mikaela was pretty fortunate to find out who it was going to be ahead of time when they came into the office to hide until asked to come out. For those who missed it the flag bearers were Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse, repeat gold medalists in bobsled.
The rest of the day was take down which made everything sadder. But on a happy note Mikaela was given a ticket to closing ceremonies as a thank you for all the hard work this month.
Mikaela went to COH to watch the hockey game along with Doug, Stacey and Lisa and the rest of the volunteers and families. We weren't able to get tickets but to watch it there was the next best thing. It was a great game and made us come together once again as a nation. Women's and men's hockey but managed to defend their title of Olympic champion and make the entire country proud. There were many Canadians getting up early to watch the game and it was a great final event to end everything off with.
Next was off to closing ceremonies. It was a great show and really well done. The Russians have worked hard this month to bring everything together and the closing ceremonies were a true indication of that. Being in the stadium was incredible and had a real feel of unity. We were all proud when the Canadians came out jumping around and having fun. Now able to relax with competition being over. When the flame went out at the end of the night it was a sad feeling to know it was over and an even weirder feeling to know that it won't be lit again for the Olympics. Fireworks went off and it was the official end.
An amazing month full of memories, fun times and great new friends. An experience of a last time that none of us will ever forget. Now it's a couple days to sleep and shop before our flight home. Some much needed down time.
Mikaela, you did a wonderful job of letting us know what it was like to be a volunteer in Sochi! Thanks for all of the hours that must have gone into writing such a comprehensive report! Each day, I looked forward to reading about all of your adventures! Great job, Mikaela! Thank you!
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