I thought this UPS truck was cute...it has the fuwa characters, which are the Olympic mascots.

Here's the venue. It's also in the Olympic Park, right next to the Water Cube and Bird's Nest.


Finally inside! It's definitely a little overwhelming to watch gymnastics because at any given point in time there are four different events...the parallel bars, floor exercises, balance beam, vault.

Here are the athletes...waiting to start their routines...





It was an incredibly exciting to watch the events play out. It ended up being a competition for the gold between two Americans and one Chinese girl. The Chinese have performed incredibly well during this Olympics...this one was right down to the very end...but in the end we won both the gold and silver!

For once it was also nice to go to an event where basically all of the seats were taken. It's been so frustrating seeing so many empty seats, knowing that tickets are being sold at such inflated prices right outside.

The awards ceremony...it was so great to be there, hearing the American anthem being played in the gym.



And look! Nice weather. It's very strange to see blue skies in Beijing. It's too bad that it will likely all go away as soon as the Olympics end. The factories will open up again, and cars will be free to roam the streets...I'll have to enjoy it while I can.