These are the Olympics pictures I took from my iPhone before ML arrived with the real camera. George got me tickets for Swimming at 10am on Sat. I got to the Olympic stadium at 9:20 am, but took until 10am to get thru the security line. I ran to the water cube, of course stopping by the bathroom on the way to my seat. By the time I sat down, the starting gun fired. I oriented myself and found the scoreboard. 100m butterfly. Men's. Lane 1, 2, 3, 4 - hey that's Phelps! By the time I figured it out, Phelps had won the race - a new Olympic record! If I walked to the cube, I would've missed this historic race! The next 2 races also broke Olympic and also world records!
I spent the rest of the afternoon walking around the gorgeous Olympic gardens and finally joined George at beautiful HoHai for lunch. This trip has really changed my mind about Beijing! I guess all the government's investment has paid off!
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