The days are flying by and the torch will be lit before you know it.
It has been a while since the last post, so here are three shorts to make up for it.
The Swiss
By Leah,
The sun is out!
On Friday, the House of Switzerland ski jumped into my neighborhood. They have indoor space in Glaziers Hall, a riverfront building next to London Bridge, and spread their Red Zone into part of Southwark Cathedral’s churchyard. They brought over an outdoor stage, a pop-up radio studio in a bus, and lots more branded with their red and white flag.
Swiss House is open to the public, but some national hospitality houses are not. Some charge admission and others are free. During the Games, countries’ houses are used for medal celebrations, meals and parties, live broadcasts of Olympic events on big screens, and to serve as a meeting spot outside the Olympic Park for teams, their families and friends, and VIP sponsors and partners.
Some countries are based in parks, and some are even on boats on the River Thames. Brazil has been given space at Somerset House – an enviable location for the 2016 Summer Games hosts.
Team USA set up shop at the Royal College of Art in Kensington, West London. I will try to get over there over the next couple weeks!
The Beau
By DM,
I had the pleasure to meet Andrew on Tuesday night, making me the first on my block to check out Leah’s boyfriend.
Let me say straight out that he is a top bloke (I may have stolen that line): nice guy, great sense of humor (he’ll need it, they are planning a trip to Cornwall) and a gentleman. We had great food (at the Brigade), a couple of pints (at the Shipwright) and laughs throughout.
Best meal by far in the short time I have been here. The Brigade is a repurposed firehouse not too far from Leah’s place near London Bridge. A fun and lively little neighborhood.
I don’t want to go all TMZ on you here, but it is good to know a little background on your bloggers:
Leah and Andrew met at the Chocolate Factory. No not Terry’s place, the theatre in Leah’s part of town, where she is a volunteer and he worked as a sound engineer. Their trip to NY could be an eventful one and not just because he will be given the third degree by Suzette and the clan. This Australian’s bucket list includes wanting to ice skate in NYC, see an ice hockey game, and convincing Orange County Choppers to let him take one out for a spin.
I hope to see the happy couple again before I leave.
The Hangout
By DM,
I was at the Aquatic Center the other day checking out the place and taking some photos and ran into my three buddies from my Google+ Hangout. For those who may have missed it, The Times had a series of Olympic Hangouts a couple of weeks back, live videos chats over the internet broadcast on Google, YouTube and NYTimes.com. You can see it here.
I bring this up mostly because I have pictures of the Aquatic Center and feel there needs to be some tie-in to the post.
So enjoy the pictures and we’ll be back soon.
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