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Birds Nest National Stadium
31 days ago: quad88 published a blog
Birds Nest National Stadium
October 28th 2009  Asia » China » Beijing » Olympic Park
After a large lunch (post climbing) we stopped by the Birds Nest National Stadium. Strange enough it's been converted into a race track for cars somewhat larger than go carts (ROC: Race of Champions? ... 2 photos [full story]

Olympic Park
31 days ago: BJwest published a blog
Olympic Park
October 28th 2009  Asia » China » Beijing » Olympic Park
The whole Olympic Park is huge, may be a couple of miles or more from one end to the other. There is the Olympic Forest Park at the end, a large park with a big lake in the middle. It is open to the ... 33 photos [full story]

The Summer Palace, The Water Cube, and Opera!
October 26th 2009  Asia » China » Beijing » Olympic Park
The day after our Great Wall adventure, we headed out early again this time to see the Summer Palace. I love visiting stuff of historical importance so I was pretty stoked about seeing the Summer Pala ... 18 photos [full story]

Flying the Nest
38 days ago: Aerogers published a blog
Flying the Nest
October 21st 2009  Asia » China » Beijing » Olympic Park
As I type, we are sitting in the pitch black common area of our hostel. Construction on our street knocked the power out at about 8am this morning, and we just arrived back after dinner to find the ... 39 photos [full story]

A SLOW BOAT TO CHINA
41 days ago: Kevin and Susan published a blog
A SLOW BOAT TO CHINA
October 18th 2009  Asia » China » Beijing » Olympic Park
We awoke to find our ship in a lock. I thought for a moment we were in the Panama Canal. But then realized it was a lock allowing us to enter the port of Inchon. Inchon is a new port for us and thi ... 17 photos [full story]

Day 8: Beijing
41 days ago: ALC published a blog
Day 8: Beijing
October 18th 2009  Asia » China » Beijing » Olympic Park
The group left today for separate directions: Helen left for Harbin; Mariah, Ming, and Jon went to Guangzhou; Leo, Jackie, the teachers and I all traveled to Beijing. Lisa and Dr. Hua went with us on ... 24 photos [full story]

China Open (tennis only)
52 days ago: HipHipSueRay published a blog
China Open (tennis only)
October 5th 2009  Asia » China » Beijing » Olympic Park
Hello everybody. Something pretty cool happened today - one of those moments when all the shame and embarrassment of hanging around Lloyd pays off. We got free tickets to the China Open. And not ... 7 photos [full story]

112 days ago: PKAT published a blog
Olympic Stadium
August 9th 2009  Asia » China » Beijing » Olympic Park
A Madárfészek és a Water Cube ... [full story]

Catching the Olympic Spirit, Summer Palace and Shopping at the Pearl Market
July 20th 2009  Asia » China » Beijing » Olympic Park
Ni Hao from super hot Beijing! The temperatures rose to 37C today and all the students had their hats, sunscreen and umbrellas up while also drinking lots of water to beat the heat! We hope that in se ... 22 photos [full story]

Day 3 - July 3
147 days ago: edmundm101 published a blog
Day 3 - July 3
July 4th 2009  Asia » China » Beijing » Olympic Park
Morning we departed for a trip to Bejing Normal University, also called BNU. We learned that "normal" means teacher preparation college. We heard from several guest speakers including a professor from ... 11 photos [full story]


Olympic Park Blog Entries

Putting the track & grass in
"Oversized jewels scattered across an enormous piece of black velvet."
The Birds Nest at the Ceremony's conclusion
The Cauldron blazes above the stadium
The Olympic Flag is carried through the stadium
Beijing Olympic Opening Ceremony
Jubilant scenes as the Chinese team arrives
The sparkling men looked amazing
Another chapter of Chinese history is recounted to the audience
Another spectacular moment in the Ceremony
Scribes mass on the stadium floor
Start of the Ceremony!
The drummers poised to commence the Ceremony
Bird's Nest Olympic Stadium
Vigilant and proud security guard halts my advance.

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