So, I ran some regular posts during the Olympics, but failed to post during the Paralympics. This wasn’t because I was less enthused by them, but because of the timing gap primarily. At any rate, the Paralympics ended this past Sunday. I thought of the many overwhelmingly inspiring stories and the raw athletic talent featured…
Category: London 2012 Games
Waiting with Purpose
Well we finally saw an Olympic Sporting event live. On Sunday, the last day of the Olympics, we were able to go watch the Men’s Marathon along part of the unticketed route (for those wondering, only the area around the start/finish was ticketed). We weren’t sure we would go to it or not, in fact…
A Great Cloud of Witnesses at a Stadium
Keeping our Focus So a friend gave us their tickets to the Olympic Park here in London for about a week and a half ago (they had unexpectedly acquired tickets to an event, which automatically gives access to the park). I took the day off and we had a good time. There were many interesting…
Patriotism for a Different Country
So, this is the second post in my Olympics mini-series that I’m doing during the games since I’m living in London where this is going on. If you’ve missed the first you can click here to read it (and see the video that I took of the Olympic Torch Relay). By now, I hope you’ve…
A Torch Relay contrasted to a Triumphant Spectacle
So yesterday the torch relay came through our neighborhood on its way to the Olympic stadium to mark the start of the London 2012 games. There was a great buzz of excitement all throughout our neighborhood, as I’m sure there was in every neighborhood through which the torch passed. Essentially, the relay is an extended…
