Happy Opening ceremonies

 
We have had a wonderful two days of sight seeing and learning about
china's long and colorful history. 
the wonderful thing was that I could still remember stuff from 15 years ago from our first visit here. 
 
today is opening ceremonies and we found out that the whole city will have fireworks tonight. 
we are going to a party for Mongol Tours to see some of the fireworks.  We are so close to the
Bird's Nest we can see it from the front of the hotel  and only a 10 minute walk.  We are so glad it is only a short walk because traffic will be unbelieveable tonight.  Martin and Jessica are going 4 hours early so they can get inside the compound where the
water Cube is also.  91 thousand people will be there tonight. 
Just getting the tickets for Opening was a chore. 
two taxi rides to the ticket office 40minutes away. 
but they are in our rooms safe as I write.
Can't wait for a review from Jessica and Martin about tonight's program.
I want to check and see if this is working before I write more.
Judi