Olympic Park, home to many of the venues, the MPC (main press center), the IBC (international broadcast center) and very soon, many thousands of spectators.
The 500-acre park is also home to the athletes’ village and the Orbit, an art installation that will likely see some of the longest lines of the Games. The jury is out on whether the Orbit itself is worth looking at but the views from the top of it are said to be spectacular: both of the park and the city skyline in the distance.
I ventured over there today because the demanding consumers of this blog would want to see these views. But it was locked. I’ll keep checking, but maybe when Amy gets here she could make her way up the 375-foot sculpture and snap a few shots for Eat at Joes. Amy will find, as Anne did in Vancouver and Leah is now that your free time is not your own when blog posts await.
You have to feed the beast!
A walk through the park at sunset last last night and again today around noon offers a glimpse at what awaits the throngs who will descend.
It’s a big place, with lots of concrete, but it is softened nicely with grass, trees and acres of wildflowers.
A River runs through it.
The weather has been perfect, I hope London gets a few days like these once the the torch is lit.
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