(Weather Update: Very mild +10C, sunny and no snow yet...)
Despite the springlike conditions, official Olympic merchandise is flying like skijumpers off the shelves. Tourists, international backpackers, and even locals are slaloming through the half-pipe of clothes, toys, and souvenirs. The Games' biggest retailer, The Bay, has also come up with designer canoes and hundreds of variations on colours and logos.
The biggest rave has been the now-iconic red mittens worn by the torch bearers and featuring a white maple leaf so that when a mitten-wearer waves, the maple leaf waves too. Not surprisingly, fake mittens have started to appear in unofficial outlets. They don't have the rings on the back, only a generic inukshuk. Buyer beware!!
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