Friday, August 08, 2008

Olympics Are Here!



It seems like this has been a long time coming, but they are finally here. When we moved here there were 683 days until the Olympics started. It is hard to believe we have lived here this long!

If you remember back to pictures in Beijing and Xi'an, we were 100 days away. This city is very excited about this. The whole country is. I'm very proud for my Chinese friends as this is a great source of pride for them.

We watched the opening ceremony at the Irishman's Pub and it was a great time with a lot of people there.

We had talked about flying up to Beijing for a day or so just to experience the atmosphere in Beijing. However, that changed with Kirk's ankle. China is not so handicapper friendly.
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