It’s no secret I’ve been watching a ton of Olympics coverage, finding a lot of inspiration from the athletes who work so hard to get to this level. If the Olympics makes it back to the United States anytime soon, within easy driving distance, I think it’d be great fun to attend some events. Somehow I don’t think they’re going to have the Winter Olympics in the South though. 
So, at the games, there is understandably a lot of flag waving going on among the crowds. And winners of events often take their country’s flag and do a victory lap. I’ve noticed that some countries’ flags are easily recognizable — those of the United States
the United Kingdom
Canada
Japan
Switzerland
Australia
China
and South Korea.
After watching two weeks of Olympics coverage, I can now even pick out Finland’s, Germany’s and Norway’s. But is there anyone else who gets really confused by a lot of the European nations’ flags, many of which seem to be a three stripes of varying colors. I know the colors all mean something, but I honestly couldn’t tell Bulgaria’s from Estonia’s from France’s. It is interesting, however, to go to online sites such as this one that show all the countries’ flags and do comparisons.
Some fun races tonight in speed skating. Apolo Anton Ohno won gold!
And how fun was it to see Clara Hughes and Cindy Klassen singing the Canadian national anthem with HUGE smiles on their faces after Hughes took gold and Klassen took bronze in the 5,000m speedskating race?
It was also cool to see three Nashville Predators win bronze when the Czech Republic beat Russia in hockey today. Congrats to Tomas Vokoun, Martin Erat and Marek Zidlicky. And Nashville defenseman Kimmo Timonen has a shot at gold tomorrow when his Finland team faces off against Sweden.
Okay, on to something unrelated to the Olympics…a couple of movies about to come out that look interesting. I’m looking forward to seeing V for Vendetta and Ultraviolet.
Today’s TK:
February 26th, 2006 at 9:12 pm
I like Japan’s no nonsense flag. LOL Just a dot and that’s it.
Tanya