tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post1664108246456366155..comments2024-03-19T04:31:58.308-04:00Comments on Jungle Red Writers: Our Gal in LondonJungle Red Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-74215638882313708012012-08-10T16:39:17.065-04:002012-08-10T16:39:17.065-04:00I heard about the mall there. It was in the paper...I heard about the mall there. It was in the paper and said they'd get a lot of business because people had to walk through it to get to the Olympic venues. The mall will be there for years to come it said.Michelle Fidlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10285519745590239008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-13186870459639767632012-08-10T10:15:57.776-04:002012-08-10T10:15:57.776-04:00Thanks for a great report.
I, too, was fascinated...Thanks for a great report.<br /><br />I, too, was fascinated by the rowing thanks to Deborah. I was following the Leander Club's medal count, too. Having lived in the Boston area I knew about the Head of the Charles regatta and used to drive by the boat clubs on the river and see the rowers but I was never that into it until NO MARK UPON HER.<br /><br />NBC coverage has been horrible, IMHO. Thankfully, I have been able to watch most events live via the internet and that's been great.<br /><br />I'm so jealous you were there for the tennis. That's something I'd love to see.<br /><br />I love the winter Olympics and I'm looking forward to Sochi in 2014. I wanted to be a world-class skier but my knees had other ideas.Marianne in Mainenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-36090757128505119932012-08-09T21:45:43.183-04:002012-08-09T21:45:43.183-04:00Fantastic report Rhys, thanks!Fantastic report Rhys, thanks!Maureen Harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499876353651763590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-39879664247256535202012-08-09T19:57:25.446-04:002012-08-09T19:57:25.446-04:00Thank you for your post.
This year I had to watch...Thank you for your post.<br /><br />This year I had to watch the rowing especially after reading Deborah's last book.<br /><br />That's what reading does for me:<br />open the world.danielle-momohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02004302871652952720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-87217029243723618402012-08-09T17:02:55.545-04:002012-08-09T17:02:55.545-04:00Oooh, is there an Olympaid in Georgie's future...Oooh, is there an Olympaid in Georgie's future? Too bad the Berlin Olympics are still so far in the future. As if the IOC would deign to let you use the O-word...Susan Dhttp://www.susannastone.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-13736166595482324512012-08-09T14:55:56.153-04:002012-08-09T14:55:56.153-04:00I am so jealous Rhys, especially about the tennis ...I am so jealous Rhys, especially about the tennis matches you got to see! <br /><br />It makes total sense to me that London would handle the Olympics with aplomb. <br /><br />If anyone has heard the Euroheaven and Eurohell joke, it is Euroheaven when the English are policing it all.Jan Broganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11323983086318138814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-82983184653774088702012-08-09T14:16:04.005-04:002012-08-09T14:16:04.005-04:00Thank you so much for the "on scene" rep...Thank you so much for the "on scene" report. Really wish I could see it too.lil Glucksternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09288522126331817172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-72311996874785294912012-08-09T12:45:21.605-04:002012-08-09T12:45:21.605-04:00Aw! *blush* I do love my Jungle Reds!!!Aw! *blush* I do love my Jungle Reds!!!Linda Rodriguezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11913741596693442469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-40785003079796762722012-08-09T12:22:56.362-04:002012-08-09T12:22:56.362-04:00Sounds like a lovely time Rhys. Also, sounds like...Sounds like a lovely time Rhys. Also, sounds like the people in charge of the olympics in London have done an awesome job as far as information and volunteers available to the public.<br /><br />Thanks for sharing your Fun experience, I have followed your FB post while you were there<br /><br />MarRosie123https://www.blogger.com/profile/11528374618939863598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-62796742177458287612012-08-09T12:18:12.911-04:002012-08-09T12:18:12.911-04:00BMX bike riding is my least favorite addition to O...BMX bike riding is my least favorite addition to Olympic sports. To watch grown men jump around on dirt bikes--also not thrilled about syncronized swimming, rhythmic gymnastics.Jungle Red Writershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-37682736011814268672012-08-09T12:16:37.446-04:002012-08-09T12:16:37.446-04:00Ro, I got tickets through the lottery like everyon...Ro, I got tickets through the lottery like everyone else. We put in for almost every event and ended up with 5. Not bad.<br />And the first day of Wimbledon was terrific as the side courts are so intimate, and the rest of the Czech team came to cheer on Kvitove and sat beside us.Jungle Red Writershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-60543434426637758552012-08-09T12:11:58.694-04:002012-08-09T12:11:58.694-04:00Darlene--I've heard every language under the s...Darlene--I've heard every language under the sun spoken on the trains to the park. Lots of Italian, French, Russian, Swedish, Norwegian. There were crowds of Japanese going to see the women's soccer (many girls dressed in kimonos looking fabulous). Not many Chinese here that I've seen.Jungle Red Writershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-71485899709253009952012-08-09T11:51:37.645-04:002012-08-09T11:51:37.645-04:00Robin Agnew! How ARE you? Delighted to hear your &...Robin Agnew! How ARE you? Delighted to hear your "voice"! <br /><br />Red Julia says please let you know Reds have a spot for you whenever you might like to do a blog! You name the topic. <br /><br />It's a Malice Domestic Contest reunion with you, Julia, Donna Andrews' great post yesterday and the fab Hon. Red Linda Rodriguez!Jungle Red Writershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-72036290392217481082012-08-09T11:43:50.800-04:002012-08-09T11:43:50.800-04:00Wonderful post, thank you Rhys! I have been glued...Wonderful post, thank you Rhys! I have been glued to the TV but the first hand report is wonderful.Robin Agnewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-91915760402094308622012-08-09T11:29:57.635-04:002012-08-09T11:29:57.635-04:00Rhys, so envious.... You know how much I would hav...Rhys, so envious.... You know how much I would have loved to watch the rowing, especially. Watching the huge crowd at Eton Dorney when GB won the Men's Four was thrilling!!<br /><br />It's made me so homesick for London, seeing all the bits they show here between events. And I very glad that things have gone smoothly. Hope what people have seen on TV around the world will make them want to visit London in the future. But what are they going to do with all that stuff in the Olympic park?Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11519514786198185277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-15176386153033617842012-08-09T11:19:35.152-04:002012-08-09T11:19:35.152-04:00Super report, Rhys! Thanks so much for that. (Thou...Super report, Rhys! Thanks so much for that. (Though I have to say after a summer of record-breaking heat wave and drought, that weather sounded wonderful to me!)<br /><br />I'll never go to the Olympics. Like Hallie, I'm slightly crowd-phobic. I can handle the AWP with 10,000 people, but get beyond that and I start to freak. Also, they're not all in one room or arena.<br /><br />I saw some beach volleyball on the TV at a restaurant the other night, and I was with Rosemary. The girls had to wear bikinis, and it looked like they'd trucked in tons of sand to the stadium. When does kickball (the Midwestern version of kick-the-can, Ro) become an Olympic sport?<br /><br />But I have followed Gabby online. I have a good friend who's now a writer but was an Olympic-quality gymnast when young who missed her Olympics because of an injury that took her out of gymnastics altogether. We've talked enough about it that I knew what it took for Gabby to accomplish what she did. (And don't get me started on the stupid hair thing!)<br /><br />So glad you're having this wonderful time, Rhys, after the nightmare you've just come through. You deserve it. xoxoLinda Rodriguezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11913741596693442469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-51737746434502979052012-08-09T10:44:44.834-04:002012-08-09T10:44:44.834-04:00Rhys, thanks for the on-the-scene report! I was ho...Rhys, thanks for the on-the-scene report! I was hoping to get my TV up and running again in time for the Olympics but have had a heavy case of procrastination. Your report is far more personal than anything that one can see on TV! (And I hope you are feeling well enough now to fully enjoy all your activities.)<br /><br />Julia, your little one's reaction is so sweet!Deb Romanonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-60161342883397929982012-08-09T10:44:10.441-04:002012-08-09T10:44:10.441-04:00Rhys, after English, what language have you heard ...Rhys, after English, what language have you heard spoken most often?Sofie Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16830230500527705589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-4213085806093430902012-08-09T09:41:40.099-04:002012-08-09T09:41:40.099-04:00Rhys! SO exciting! And wonderful to have you as ou...Rhys! SO exciting! And wonderful to have you as our special correspondent!Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-79955083797690408402012-08-09T09:14:45.348-04:002012-08-09T09:14:45.348-04:00The coverage of the Olympics here in the US has be...The coverage of the Olympics here in the US has been mediocre. My husband has been following it far more faithfully than I. Loved your report.Marilyn Meredith a.k.a. F. M. Meredithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04179984154939161530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-64477591079375713812012-08-09T08:53:23.635-04:002012-08-09T08:53:23.635-04:00The person in our house who has really gone Olympi...The person in our house who has really gone Olympics-mad is our youngest. She can remember watching the Beijing Olypmiad when she was seven, but now she's old enough to really follow the brackets as athletes rise or fall. She's been on the internet a lot, looking up more information about the sports, as well. (Ross has been having her use her big Atlas to identify countries, locate them and learn something about them...sneaky geography lesson...)<br /><br />When I told her about Rhys being in London, watching the games, she was amazed. "You can DO that??" Now she's asking why WE can't go to Rio in 2016!Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09553268569509053159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-81350550687421541112012-08-09T08:45:38.912-04:002012-08-09T08:45:38.912-04:00Great report! It's been fun to watch the sport...Great report! It's been fun to watch the sports I like (swimming, diving, gymnastics). If I'm not interested, I walk away. You can't like everything, but everyone likes something. <br /><br />I hope the athletes are having a blast in their down time. <br /><br />Loved the opening ceremony and look forward to the closing. London is putting on a fabulous show. Kudos from across the pond.Ramonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00627775403015684868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-40966810971107807602012-08-09T08:15:30.225-04:002012-08-09T08:15:30.225-04:00Only a mystery writer would have been " clued...Only a mystery writer would have been " clued to the TV. " I know, I know... a typo. But also A Clue!<br /><br />I have never been to the Olympics but I'm somewhat crowd-phobic so I think it's not to be. So great to hear what it's like Rhys - thanks!Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-71782367132803494792012-08-09T08:00:42.111-04:002012-08-09T08:00:42.111-04:00Great report Rhys! You took one for the team, didn...Great report Rhys! You took one for the team, didn't you? I for one am ready for them to end because I have hardly read a page!<br /><br />Ro, we went to the Olympics in Atlanta and bought tix online. They were for judo, weightlifting, and something else I can't even remember. Now it's coming to me--field hockey! But then we managed to score a few more once we got there. It was great fun anyway!Lucy Burdettehttp://www.lucyburdette.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-38129050901905963642012-08-09T07:11:51.099-04:002012-08-09T07:11:51.099-04:00Soooo jealous that you were at the Federer/Del Pot...Soooo jealous that you were at the Federer/Del Potro match. Bravo carried all of matches except finals here and I'm guilty of watching most of them.<br />Also glued to tv for women's gymnastics. But water polo? Beach volleyball? What's next - kick the can? Stoop ball? (Ask a Brooklynite what that is.)<br /><br />So tell us..how in the world did you score these tickets. Or shouldn't I ask? Because Jan and I are going to Rio if Federer decides to play in 2016.Rosemary Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08033747422699443024noreply@blogger.com