Well, not quite...I found some vids on YouTube with parts of the opening ceremonies of the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. I have always thought that those were the best opening ceremonies for the summer games (the opening ceremonies in Norway, 2002, were the best for the Winter Games, in my opinion). I really enjoyed the whole thing. The red dirt from the outback was brought in to cover the surface of the stadium for the pageant. Here's links to some samples (click on the highlighted words):
The Australian national anthem "Advance Australia Fair" by several popular Aussie groups, singers, and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Please be up standing...
The beginning of the Opening Ceremony. And if you want more, here's the video to the Deep Sea Dreaming sequence. Dreams are very important to the Aboriginals.
Anyway, I enjoyed reliving some of it. I'm still looking for the video of the stadium crowd giving a standing ovation and roaring cheers to the delegation from Turkey. You have to know something about Australian history to know why it was such a big deal that night. I also think it was special because I called Jonnene long distance to Oz to talk about the ceremonies while they were going on! We were not an item yet, not by a long shot, and I was so fascinated by what I was seeing that I decided to call the only Aussie I really knew and find out more about her country. I had always wanted to go to Australia before but this lit the fire and eventually I would go there in May, 2003. And we all know what happened in the subsequent years!
So, today, I managed to drag myself out of bed this morning for an easy 4-mile run with the guys. Jeff and Mike were the only ones there in addition to myself and we sauntered along at our usual snail's pace for this weekly run. My legs felt lousy from last night's epic ride and they felt stiff for most of the run but they did okay. The rest of the day I tried to stay off them and let them rest a bit. They'll get worked over enough the next few days.
Oh, and we get to keep a couple of dogs for friends of ours for the next five days! The younger one's going to be a handful and we probably won't see the cat much.
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