Ndine urombo, zvakaipa Vancouver!

Sallie Reavey akatora runhare kuBriar yake inoyevedza Rose Inn uye munhu akafona akabvunza nezvemakamuri pakati paFebruary. “Tine makamuri akanaka akasarudzwa emazuva iwayo,” akapindura kudaro, uyo akaridza runhare akashamisika kuti: “Uchine makamuri panguva yeOlympics?”

Reavey aifanira kumuudza: zvakaipa Vancouver.

The Briar Rose iri muVancouver, Washington, kwete Vancouver, British Columbia, iro guta reCanada richaita 2010 Winter Olympics kutanga muna Kukadzi 12.

"America's Vancouver", seaimbova meya weguta aifarira kuitsanangura, inogara makiromita mazana mana kumaodzanyemba kweiyo Olympic host Vancouver uye ine huwandu hwevanhu vangangosvika zviuru zana nemakumi matanhatu neshanu - vashoma kwazvo kupfuura guta reCanada.

Iyo Hilton Vancouver Washington yakaisawo mibvunzo yeOlympic uye yakadzidzisa vashandi vayo vekuchengetedza kuti vatarise kukanganisa kungangodaro uye, sezvizvi, vanoishandura kuita mukana wekushambadzira.

"Tinoda kuti vauye kuno," Gerry Link, maneja mukuru wehotera akadaro, achiwedzera nezve Vancouver mix-ups: "Kusvika parizvino zvese zvanga zvakanaka."

Kudzivirira chero matambudziko, iyo Hilton irikutsvagisazve nzvimbo dzayo dzepakati paFebruary uye ichidaidza vanhu vainotya kuti vanogona kunge vakabhuka makamuri munyika isiri iyo.

“Hatidi kuti mumwe munhu aore mwoyo. Tinoda kuti maOlympics ave chiitiko chakanaka kune wese munhu,” akadaro Link.

Vancouver, Washington, inoshandiswa kutamba yechipiri fiddle. Yagara yakafukidzwa nemuvakidzani wayo muhombe Portland inogara mhiri kweRwizi rweColumbia muOregon.

Kuvhiringidzika neguta reCanada kwakaitika maOlympics asati atanga, asi meya mutsva weAmerican Vancouver anofunga kuti Mitambo iyi inopa nharaunda yake mukana wekuvhura.

"Tinofunga kuti uyu mukana wemenduru yegoridhe kuti Vancouver yedu isimukire ... Zvinotipa mukana wekuti titaure kuti tiri vanaani uye zvatinofanira kupa," Tim Leavitt akadaro.

Vese maVancouver vanogona kutsvaga mazita avo kuna Kaputeni George Vancouver, uyo akaongorora Pacific pamhenderekedzo yeBritish Navy muma1790s.

Vancouver yeAmerica yakatanga semuzinda wekumadokero weHudson's Bay Company - chiratidzo chekuCanada uye mutsigiri wemitambo yeOlympics ya2010 - uye yaive nenzvimbo yemauto yakabudirira, Fort Vancouver - yave imwe yenzvimbo huru dzevashanyi mutaundi.

"Kana vanhu vari kuvhiringika, zvinotipa mukana wekutaura nezveVancouver yekutanga," Jennifer Kirby weSouthwest Washington Convention and Visitors Bureau akadaro.

Iro guta rakabatanidzwa muna 1857, pamberi peJohnny-Come-Nguva pfupi muCanada muna 1886.

Iko nyonganiso yeVancouver yakadzora zano remakumi emakore rekushandura zita reguta reAmerica kuita Fort Vancouver.

Vanhu vazhinji, kusanganisira Meya Leavitt, vanofunga kuti zita rekuchinja shanduko harina dhizaini chaiyo. Vagari vakavhota pasi shanduko yezita katatu, asi vamwe vanofunga kuti ikozvino ndiyo nguva.

"Ndinofunga ringava zano rakanaka," Reavey akadaro. "Zvirokwazvo zvinorerutsa kumwe kuvhiringidzika."