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Outside the Nest

Birds Nest National Stadium

October 28th 2009
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?) - perhaps temporary of course. Very cool place but a bit deceiving in size...seemed bigger during the Olympics last August. Tiffany got a nice souvenir which is a preserved piece of the infield gr ... read more
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