We were the only Team GB sailors that made the trip up to Beijing for the opening ceremony, it was AWESOME!! We arrived Friday in time for lunch so it was straight into the food hall to eat and people watch. This has got to be one of the best places in the world to do that! Tall people, short people, people with huge biceps and skinny legs... it is a great game of guess the sport. Hilariously there is a McDonalds in their too with a surprisingly big queue!
In the afternoon we had been asked to do some press stuff and were expecting an informal chat with the main Team GB media lady. Oh no! We were driven to the main Olympic media building for a full scale press conference!
Then it was time for the main event. All the athletes waited in the gymnastics arena which is a short walk from the Bird's Nest. Unfortunately there weren't any big screens in there so we missed all the amazing action but it was cool to mingle with other members of Team GB and walk around people spotting. Yao Ming's arrival caused a stir.
We eventually marched into the stadium after about 4 hours of waiting and it was truly an amazing experience. The sheer size and noise of it all was quite breathtaking. Our march round didn't nearly take long enough and we were then in the middle with time to chat and cheer on the other sailors that had made the trip up.
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