Yesterday was absolutely gorgeous. We were all taking pictures of the sky because Beijing hasn't seen a day like that in about 6 months. Standing on the Olympic Green you can look out and see the beautiful mountains and even part of the Great Wall that surrounds the city. I have to admit it makes total sense seeing that Track and Field events started yesterday and the Bird's nest stadium doesn't have a roof, so they had to fix the weather fast, or else.
Thursday night was my boss' last night in town. She had to head back to New York for another project. In the late afternoon on Thursday, everyone got an email saying that there are basketball tickets available for that night and to respond ASAP if you want them. But of course the runners weren't included in this, we would be given tickets if no one else wanted them. The game was US vs. Greece at 8pm. Please keep in mind that all the reporters and photographers that I'm working with are covering the Olympics because they are heavily into sports. As 7pm rolled around there were three of us runners begging for them and only 2 tickets remaining. So of course they did a raffle. Blessing and I won the raffle and Matt was stuck staying at work. (don't worry one of the reporters surrendered their ticket to him, so he ended up coming.) All 22 of us crowded into the work vans and headed over to the sweet Basketball Stadium and watched an awesome game in ROW 8! They were such good seats and USA won. Afterward we went back to the crew's hotel and overtook the bar. Hooked up our own ipod, started a dance party, and had a fun little work party to say goodbye to Jen.
Last night I went out to the Holland House sponsored by Heineken and just a temporary party hotspot for the Olympics. And as I've mentioned before the Dutch are freaking crazy! They had tents set up for drinks, food, and of course, ping-pong. Tonight it looks like we will be checking out some of the other countries houses, probably Russia and Italia.
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