Posts Tagged as ‘Olympics’

October 17, 2008

Olympic Spirit

So yesterday was the Olympic Victory Parade through Central London, and despite poor planning by the Mayor (more on that further down) I managed to make it to part of the festivities.  Most of the country was so proud of all the athletes whether they came home with a medal or not.  2008 was easily [...]

September 15, 2008

One from the Archives

With the Beijing Olympics just passed (and the Paralympics underway) I decided to revisit the pictures I took during the London leg of the Olympic Torch Relay.  It was in London that the major protests against the Olympics began.
 

1,000s of protesters turned out to demonstrate against the Chinese government and its human rights record.  By [...]