Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Beijing Revisited

Kim wanted to bring bring Shawn Johnson home with us. She is so tiny she easily would have fit in my carry on. On a somewhat unrelated note, we were thinking about bringing a few Chinese babies home with us at one point, but it turns out we won't need to steal one anymore.
Kim took this fantastic picture of Usain Bolt after he demolished the world record in the 100m. However, during this politically charged season, I must warn you: his first name is awfully close to "Hussein", which might mean he pals around with terrorists. Sarah Palin told me that.
They held the Olympic equestrian events in Hong Kong so we ended up going there for a quick trip. Too quick. That city is amazing.
This is part of the closing ceremony. I was told that BOCOG (organizing committee) built a replica Bird's Nest stadium on the outskirts of Beijing just so they could practice this show while the Bird's Nest was being used for Track & Field events. I would have believed that if the same people hadn't told me the Chinese women's gymnasts were all 16 years old.
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4 comments:

Randi said...

Cute pictures! Dinner was great, thanks for having us over.

seven smiles said...

Awesome pictures and dang cute couple--

Jasmine said...

Can I swear on this blog yet? I'm disinclined to comment unless I get a confirmation that swearing is not only condoned, but encouraged.

Rumor has it you guys will be near LA for Thanksgiving...we will be in Pasadena with my sister...let's eat a large hamburger on Friday or saturday if you guys are close.

Also, I guess I need to comment on something you've posted so...nice pictures...I'm jealous...where is Lionel Messi?

Andrew said...

I should have known Bolt was palling around with shady folks. He is the new face of the axis of evil. Nice pictures. I forgot that you loved the Olympics. That is so cool, so do I.