Here's a picture with some people I met. I actually was trying to buy the shirt of the guy who is taking this picture. It was a shirt that was given only to some group of volunteers, I wanted it because I thought the back of it was great. I offered to buy him another shirt, but no deal. At any rate, we did get some pictures out of the interaction!
A picture of the National Indoor Stadium, where I watched the gymnastics meet:
The Bird's Nest and the Olympic Flame:
The facility where fencing and some other sports are being held. I like this picture because of the three ladies holding their umbrellas... this is SO Chinese. There are two types of umbrellas in China, on for when it rains to keep the water off you, one for days like this to keep the sun off you and keep you cool.
Most Chinese women fear the sun because they don't want to get dark, so many Chinese women carry sun umbrellas throughout the summer. Probably a great idea, actually, but we Americans somehow got confused and think that having the sun damage our skin looks healthy.
A picture outside of the Water Cube, where Michael Phelps won his 8 gold medals, by day....
and the Water cube by night:
Yeah, ok, this "night" picture is really in front of a picture, but at least the torch I'm holding is a real Beijing Olympic Torch.
This area is still in the Olympic Green area, it's a demonstration area to show the traditional homes of Beijing, called "hutong." My friends and I went to a renovated hutong area of Beijing for dinner one evening, it makes for a great traditional environment.
And now a word from our sponsors... This is "sponsor row," where the sponsors of these Olympics each had their own building to demonstrate some things from their company and show various Olympic items of interest.
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