Yesterday the largest performing arts festival finished it three-week run and drew to a close. While I’d loved to have been there for the entire run catching the brilliant, the passionate, the totally absurd and…
Posts tagged London
When the weather cooperated…
London is a wonderful place to be, when it’s not so good I am happy for the invention of goretex. A stunning couple of nights in London, now it’s time to prepare for the main…
Wasn’t it good?
Siting on an airplane heading home and reflecting on how the last two weeks have flashed by. I’ve taken dozens of trains, went to 14 events, seen British athletes win gold a couple of time,…
A celebration of the city, and of us.
Today the city get’s given back to Londoners, a lot of people are heading home, but after the last 16 days I think the city is a little different. The most diverse and dynamic city on the planet…
And back to the center of things
This morning it was time for another visit to the center of this wonderful, wonderful Olympic games. Tweet
The best setting maybe?
Out of all the venues I’ve seen in the last 10 days, the Beach Volleyball arena is without question the best. Right in the center of historic Whitehall, behind one stand is the Prime Ministers…
Weightlifting!
Tonight we went to the EXCEL in London to watch the weightlifting. Going into this I’d been told it was really fun to watch live, I figured it just a lot of grunting and guys…
And this goes on for another week yet…
So today was a big day, Dorney Lake and rowing in the morning, followed by the first evening of athletics at the Olympic Stadium. So what did I learn? Every Olympic volunteer seemed to love…
Time to join the party…
I feel confident saying that we are in a golden era for British sports (the England football team excepted), the Olympics were preceded by Bradley Wigins and Chris Froom standing 1-2 on the Tour de…
W is for War of the Worlds
I think Jeff Wayne’s musical version of the story was my first exposure to the story. A recording that has stood the test of time very well BTW and still worth checking out. I remember…