Olympic Sunday

On Sunday I dragged Dave out to the Olympic Park. I was curious to see the area since I had only seen it from the DLR (Docklands Light Railway) once, about a year ago. We took the Central Line out to Stratford then took the DLR to Pudding Mill Lane (one of the better names on the London Transport network) to go to the Viewing Tube. It's a really short walk from the Pud Mill Lane station to the Viewing Tube; a few twist and turns in the construction area, and you are in front of the bright green box. The area affords a great view of the stadium and the big red steel tower thingy. Off to the right is the Aquatics Center (Centre) and in the distance you can just make out the Basketball Arena and a slight bit of the Velodrome.

The area is still obviously under construction, not only in the Olympic Park but the neighborhood as a whole. A few buildings are going up, the new Westfield has just opened and cranes are visible in the sky. There is much talk about the rebirth of East London and being over there you get the sense the area has truly been undergoing a transformation.

I got tickets to one of the test events leading up the Olympics, the diving event taking place the week of February 20-26. We're going on that Wednesday night, to the new Aquatics Center/re, and will see the men's 3m springboard final and the women's synchronized 10m platform final. I'm really excited to see the new venue and since we weren't too successful with our Olympic ticket bid, it will be like going to the real thing. In February. Without the excitement of the real thing and the real medals and the real competition. Without any other events going on. Without the huge crowds. But I'm still excited. I've always wanted to see diving in person and Dave and I will be on the lookout for too much splash because too much splash is not a good thing. Trust me.

When Dave got home last night he asked if I had posted anything on the blog and I told him I still had to write about our Olympics outing. He replied "that will be interesting."*   I hope I met his expectations.**

*Sarcasm
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