So I have just returned from a very much underestimated month long stay in China. If you end up not liking this blog, too bad, I'm sleeping as I write this.
Wow, what an experience this last month has been. From meeting incredible athletes, to having terrible chinese food, using the "squatters", meeting George Bush Sr., singing Karaoke, having my Olympic moment at the best swim match EVER, to climbing the Great Wall, I can almost say I've seen it all.
China has by far exceeded any expectation I may have had. The people are some of the nicest people around, and, smog aside, Beijing is a very beautiful city. I was able to experience the things you read about in History - Tianemen Square, Forbidden City, the Great Wall, McDonalds...
Seriously, this has been the best Olympic program I have worked on. But enough of me chatting...I'll let the pics do the rest of the talking!
In front of National Stadium (bird's nest)
View from my apartment
...and this was only day 2!
halftime entertainment
Sr. Staff trying to figure out the subway
Your typical everyday fruit in China
Has anyone seen a volunteer? Anyone?
Relay swim team just won the gold!
We heard somewhere that the fuwahs were evil and
going to overtake the world
With Aaron Piersol
The Gold, baby!
