Chill Day in China

Today we have no events to attend. There's a slight rain outside and we thought it would be a good day to enjoy the Forbidden City. But after watching Misty and Kerry take the gold again in beach volleyball, from the comfort of the Curtis' couch, we walked to the clubhouse, had a wonderful lunch and decided to stay home for the rest of the day. I feel like I've been going 100 miles/hr since we've been here. It doesn't help being pregnant and feeling a little more tired than usual. Yesterday we had men's beach semis to watch in the morning. We spent an hour or so with an american couple that bought finals tickets from us and we spent two hours at a local eatery conversing with Jenny from Australia. Jenny used to be a swimmer and she's here attending the Olympics with her husband who is semi-retired, I think from sailing.

We've met some awesome people while in Beijing. It is the very essence of our travels, to meet and make friends with world citizens. Mike and I have started making plans for London 2012, and we're curious to see which of the four cities bidding for 2016 will get the honors. The candidates are: Tokyo, Madrid, Rio and Chicago.

After lunch with Jenny, we made our way to the Olympic Green for a quick trip to the olympic store for some souvenirs. Then we enjoyed the architecture of the Water Cube and the Women's 10M diving prelims. So today we rest and renew our spirits a weekend of volleyball. We were so lucky to be able to attend so many vball matches. This being our first olympics, we felt we needed to go to as many events as we could, but truly our hearts are into volleyball.

So here's what's happening tomorrow:
Brazil plays USA in the final of Men's Beach VB. I'm cheering for Brazil this time.
Brazil also plays Georgia for the Bronze in BVB. The Georgians are Brazilians, but naturalized Georgians. So either way there will be 2 medals in Brazilian hands.
We'll cruise over to the indoor action to see USAxRussia and BrazilxItaly semis. There could be another vball final between BrazilxUSA on Sunday. That would be nuts!! Saturday is the women's indoor finals and I also have a feeling it'll be BrazilxUSA. WOW! Talk about best of both worlds for us. We get to see both our teams plays all at once, and somehow Mike and I don't hate each other during the matches.

Quick update at 10pm on 8.21.08: Brazil beat China and USA beat Cuba in Women's Indoor vball. Gold Medal match will be BrazilxUSA on Saturday morning.