Now I can truthfully say that your Olympic blogger has finally attended an Olympic event! One of my dad's friends gave us two tickets for the first round of tennis. The event started on Sunday, Aug 10, 2008--two days after the Opening Ceremony (wasn't it cool how Li Ning lit the cauldron!?!) As the event was on another even day and we have an odd license plate on our car--it meant more public transport.
That would be fine, except for the fact that half way through the trip it started to rain. We were not sure if they would cancel the games for that day, but we decided to go and give it a try. My dad had printed out some instructions of how to get to the tennis courts; we took a shuttle bus downtown, and then rode on the new Olympic subway line to the stop by the Bird's Nest.
We walked up the steps to get out of the subway and then we saw it. It was a huge mass of people, and beyond the teeming mass of people were two security tents! It turned out that you had to go through a security checkpoint before you are allowed to ride on the Olympic Green Subway line. So we lined up and waited a looong time.
That would be fine, except for the fact that half way through the trip it started to rain. We were not sure if they would cancel the games for that day, but we decided to go and give it a try. My dad had printed out some instructions of how to get to the tennis courts; we took a shuttle bus downtown, and then rode on the new Olympic subway line to the stop by the Bird's Nest.
We walked up the steps to get out of the subway and then we saw it. It was a huge mass of people, and beyond the teeming mass of people were two security tents! It turned out that you had to go through a security checkpoint before you are allowed to ride on the Olympic Green Subway line. So we lined up and waited a looong time.
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