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Date Posted: 00:59:49 08/09/12 Thu
Author: mj
Subject: London 2012! Well, I've been to beach volley ball, archery, showjumping, cycling, and swimming which brought me to a few of the venues -- inside

The Horse Guards Parade, Greenwich Park, Lord's Cricket Grounds, Olympic Aquatic Center, and of course, the Surrey roads. I must say, it's been SO well-organized and attended. The way the games have been distributed throughout the city of London and the environment around has enabled people to get a beautiful overview of this fantastic city and this part of England. I can't believe how the weather has 'cooperated', too! I'm so happy that TeamGB has been having their fair share of golds. The only 'celeb' we've seen up close has been David Walliams (from Little Britain) and we spoke Dutch right next to him saying that he was taller and chubbier than we thought and THEN we find out his wife, who was with him, was Dutch! Whoops!! Goes to show -- you NEVER know -- haha!
The most fun was the beach volleyball. The archery was boring, but interesting, Showjumping was riveting, and swimming was exciting but we had bad seats so we saw all the action on the big screens. The atmosphere here is wonderful -- everyone in town are amazingly friendly and calm. There are SO many volunteers on the streets who are incredibly helpful! Public transport has been AMAZING! The very small glitches that have occured have truly been minor and the whole debacle about security has been completely forgotten! All in all -- I'm VERY impressed and can't imagine anywhere else that this smooth spectacular Olympics could be run better. We're trying to get more tickets. I'll keep you posted! If anyone from the Board is in town -- let me know!

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[> Sounds like you're having an amazing experience, thanks for sharing it with us. What a coincidence with DW's Dutch wife. (inside.) -- Dee, 05:58:00 08/09/12 Thu [1]

Good to know London is smoothly pulling off such a memorable Games and that the atmosphere is so great. You watched beach volleyball! Watching that event on TV has been one of the highlights of the Olympics for me - it just looks like so much fun, and I've been so envious of the spectators watching all the action in person. London is such an amazing city - I lived there for a while, so every time I'm there it feels like home - the spirit of the city and the way people come together when they need to is incredible.


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[> Oh I wish I were in London! It is my favourite city. When I'm there, I never want to leave and I'm jealous of the people who do live there. I literally skip with excitement and joy when I'm walking down the Mall or around Westminster. My niece used to live in my fave area of Chelsea, not far from Sloan Square. Sigh.....So glad everything is going well and hope it continues. -- Cece, 11:46:38 08/09/12 Thu [1]


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[> [> What was so cool about the Olympics here was that in the ticket packet was included travel cards enabling free tube,train, bus travel throughout the city to all the venues! On the way back from Greenich Park, we decided for a bit of adventure and took a boat back to Westminster and even THAT was only 1/2 price! The boat along the Thames was magical! I took lots of pics and what was best of all, this young guy who happened to be a 6th generation of the Order of Watermen gave a HILARIOUS commentary of all the sites as we sailed from A to B. That British humor was hysterical -- what a treat! -- mj, 09:11:23 08/10/12 Fri [1]


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[> Long ago I worked for Holland America. Back then the engineers were mostly dutch. I was in an elevator with a woman chatting in english. Two officers were chatting in dutch. Then the woman turned & let them have it in dutch. The 2 men blanched. When I asked her what did you say she said she told them never assume people around you won't understand your language. She lived in england but was dutch. I asked her what did they say that ticked you off & all she would say is 'you don't want to know' - shrug. But I've had that happen often when folks don't realize I speak spanish. Can be fun!! LOL -- chris k, 18:32:20 08/09/12 Thu [1]


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[> Glad to hear you're having such a wonderful time!! -- Cathy F., 09:40:14 08/13/12 Mon [1]


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