Olympics

Well, a few of us visiting Beijing had hoped to see the Bird's Nest and Swimming Cube. The Paralympics were going on while we were there, so we actually thought we could get tickets to an event. But everyone told us no. Looking back, I think we should have sucked it up and just tried to scalp tickets. What's the worse that could have happened? We would overpay for tickets that turned out to be fakes? A few of us toured around the city one morning before our meetings started and our driver wouldn't even (couldn't even?) go near the stadiums. Leaving us with sorry photos of the stadiums from across the highway. In the rain. You can just make out the torch flaming in the second photo.