Olympic Stadiums

Tonight after supper we went for a walk. I wanted to see the Water Cube up close. It's a ten minute walk from our building, but the Olympics site is still fenced in. We walked around the outside of the complex and eventually found a spot where people were being let in.

A volunteer gave us a voucher to get into the complex so we went in. It was amazing. The Bird's Nest was first. We could get up quite close to it, but couldn't go in either building.

In between the buildings there was music playing and there were strips of light in the plaza walk way. The light kept changing colors. Very cool.

There was also rows of fountains coming out of the ground. These fountains were moving with the music. We watched some people taking pictures and running into the fountains. Before we knew it, it was too tempting. We had to see if we could get to the other side before they changed directions and sprayed us. The girls had great fun.

The Water Cube is a pretty unique building. It is actually bubbly on the outside. Nadim (Mr. Engineer) figured that they had metal framing for the wall skeleton, but the skin is made of heavy plastic with air blown into it.

It was great to get out for a stroll tonight, and amazing to walk the grounds where so many of our Olympic heroes went before us.

CM