What a day today! Started off with the grou heading to Archery for the ranking round only to find out, we couldn't get in. We then headed over to Paddington to get our event tickets. We waited for over 2.5 hours to get the tickets we previously ordered. It started to rain for the first time since we arrived.
After getting the tickets, I headed back to the hostel for a well needed nap. Around 7pm (19:00) four of us went looking for a place to watch the opening ceremonies. The rest of the group headed toward the Olympic Stadium/Mall. The group I was with was going to go to a night club but there was a mix up with the free entry tickets, so we ended up in the Irish Olympic House (pub). We sat there with the British/Irish and everyone else and watched the entire ceremony. I was posting on Facebook/Twitter the whole time. i was impressed with the amount of female flag bearers there were and the hill of flags. The Olympic flame ceremony blew me away. When all was said and done, the ceremony ended here in London at 12:45am (0:45).
On an interesting side note, there wasn't a single commercial throughout the entire ceremony. I wonder how many commercials there were back home??
After getting the tickets, I headed back to the hostel for a well needed nap. Around 7pm (19:00) four of us went looking for a place to watch the opening ceremonies. The rest of the group headed toward the Olympic Stadium/Mall. The group I was with was going to go to a night club but there was a mix up with the free entry tickets, so we ended up in the Irish Olympic House (pub). We sat there with the British/Irish and everyone else and watched the entire ceremony. I was posting on Facebook/Twitter the whole time. i was impressed with the amount of female flag bearers there were and the hill of flags. The Olympic flame ceremony blew me away. When all was said and done, the ceremony ended here in London at 12:45am (0:45).
On an interesting side note, there wasn't a single commercial throughout the entire ceremony. I wonder how many commercials there were back home??