The Olympics are in swing and China’s off to a nice golden start. We’ve had the tv running nonstop so we what whatever events they’re broadcasting. There’s only three channels covering the Olympics; personally I think there ought to be more. But we’ve seen gymnastics, volleyball, handball, soccer, basketball (the America vs. China game was poorly played in my opinion by both sides), some swimming (didn’t see the actual M. Phelps win, but I saw reruns), badminton, weightlifting, a little bit of boxing, whitewater kayaking and canoeing, the men’s 4 and women’s quads rowing, synchronized diving, and some others I’m probably forgetting. I really wanted to watch some of the fencing, but they don’t seem to be showing it on TV. America swept all three medals in the women’s individual saber fencing event. Woo! The men’s 8 boat also won their heat, but it’ll be a tight semi-final.
Tao and I went to the Silk Market. It’s a an indoor shopping area. I might have made the illusion weeks ago, but it’s really like Agraba in Aladdin. In addition to the cool little things you could buy, it was crawling with tourists and Olympic athletes. I took pictures with several (a Puerto Rican Judo guy, and a Chad ambassador come to mind).
It’s strange to see so many white people in China. We were used to being the only foreigners for such a while and to come back and see them everywhere is kinda strange. I’m almost jealous too. I’m not special anymore because of them! Darn it. And because they’re all here, Beijing is all expensive (relatively). Time to find another interesting cheap country to tour.
Just kidding. I’d hate to have to learn yet another language so I could make sure I wasn’t eating chicken hearts.
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