One week down, 1 to go

Yesterday was one of the greatest days thus far. I met up with the Jacobs' and Godbout's and we took a gondola up the side of the mountain to the top. It was amazing.  There was a restaurant and an igloo bar built into the side of the mountain! The sun was shining and it was actually very warm up there.  We even got a little sunburn! There were skiers and snowboarders and even dogs just hanging out, enjoying the view.  There were lounge chairs set up at the edge of the mountain for people to sit and relax.  I felt like I should have a pina colada or mai tai in my hand.  It was crazy!  We spent a 3 to 4 hours there and then rode the gondola back down.

This was taken from inside the gondola on our way up to the top.  We silly Americans were all freaking out because they literally packed 60 people in this cable car, ski equipment and all.  We for sure thought it hit a weight capacity or something!

This is me enjoying the lounge chair with our view in the background!  

Maureen Godbout, Jen Jacobs and Kevin Martin enjoying a drink outside the igloo bar. It was sooo cool. We final left that little slice of heaven and traveled back down the mountain. We took a bus over the the ice rink because the boys were practicing on the outside rink.

The speed skating practice rink is around the ice rink. Team Austria was practicing on it as the boys were practicing hockey.  Very cool to watch.  After practice, the boys were permitted to go with us until 9:30 last night.  The boys wanted steak so we jumped in a tram and took them to a restaurant downtown.  We got there at 5:30.  The boys did not want to leave. They stayed there until 9:15 until we called a cab to take them back to the village. We laughed and laughed and laughed some more at all of their stories about their sled riding adventure yesterday as well as all of their stories about Olympic Village.

Nick, Marcel, Nathan and Josh enjoying the free wifi at the "Orangerie" restaurant. They look orange because all of the lighting in the place was orange!  The parents continued to be wonderful customers of the restaurant until midnight last evening.  Yes, we literally spent 7 hours in a restaurant yesterday.  It was a great time had by all.  

The boys take undefeated Finland today at 3:45. GO USA!