Inside the Olympic Park

To continue our adventures from Monday afternoon, after watching men's synchro diving we decided to take advantage of the fact that we were inside the Olympic Park and walk around a bit before our field hockey games further north.

Here's the bird's nest! We get to watch track finals here. =) (and hopefully more stuff...but we'll see how the ticket purchasing luck continues) The entire park is much more beautiful at night, but I'll have to post those photos on a later date.

Another short of the water cube...

I'm not really sure what this building is...but it has two massive screens on the side, which I think is pretty cool.


These two buildings are outside the Olympic Park. One is the natatorium, where I will be watching water polo next week.

You can see the weather here is really great. The smog just doesn't seem to let up. There was one day that was a bit better, but the pollution came back again.

I'm pretty sure this is gymnastics. I get to watch the women's individual finals here on Friday!

I found these two statues in the park to be highly amusing. Massive PDA.


Fencing...and maybe something else is here.

And of course...the Olympic Torch.



They did a really good job with the entire park. There are even water fountains with drinkable water, which in China...is a rare rare rare sight. I don't believe I've seen drinkable tap water the entire time I've been here. It's too bad that the organization behind ticket sales has been so incredibly inefficient, and that so few people actually get to enjoy it at a reasonable rate.

Check out this article: Fan Frustration Grows Over Ticket Issues