Posts filed under “Olympics”
How a small mis-calculation saved us lots of money in China!
So I’ve got a bit of an embarrassing story to tell. My wife and I were catching up this morning on how much money we’ve spent. Before we left London we had looked up the exchange rates for the dollar and the pound to the yuan. We memorized the numbers 7 and 13 for easy [...]
She’s dancing!
It’s true! We’ve managed to secure tickets for the Sunday rowing finals in Beijing! When we originally booked tickets in June of 2007 (!) we asked for every rowing event and got tickets for every session except the Sunday finals. Unfortunately, this day will feature the lightweight events, quads and eights, with a few different [...]
Starting Day 2 in the rain
So Day 2 of our Olympics trek has started in rain. It’s pass reasonably quickly and everyone in the stands are now dressed in identical yellow rain jackets, handed out by the organizers. We now have DSL up and running so will finally be able to respond to emails, etc. That just happened this morning [...]
We’re in Beijing and have our tickets!
We’ve had problems getting DSL running at our flat, so I’m posting this from my iPhone. First impressions? HOT. Damn hot. Sunny, bit we haven’t seen it through the haze yet. Beijing-ers have been incredibly friendly and helpful, especially through the language barriers. We’re sitting on the first sessions of rowing right now, and have [...]
Day and a half left…
So the countdown to our departure to Beijing is getting very short. Tomorrow we do the online checking and pray for decent seats, and finish the day by packing. (I’ve made our list, but haven’t packed a thing yet.) That should be straightforward, though. It’s damn hot, and we aren’t doing anything fancy, so mainly [...]
Off to the 2008 Beijing Olympics!
This week my wife and I are flying out to Beijing to attend the 2008 Beijing Olympics! Needless to say, we’re getting really excited. We had to order our event tickets well over a year ago, and recently purchased a couple more tickets from a friend that couldn’t go. Over the course of twelve days [...]