Chinese tv

So, now that I am back in the States I can add some stuff that I didn't want to try and find while in China (youTube has so many blocked videos it isn't worth it)

First, this song was on ALL THE TIME - on tv, on the televisions on the subway/bus/set up in public for the games. Mind you, I did not have the English translations and just had the tune stuck in my head the whole time. It is over 6 minutes long yet they would play the whole thing, quite often.



THEN, they had a cartoon starring the Fuwa! (aka Olympic mascots). So, for your viewing pleasure here is the video of how they formed (just over 3 min):



and here is the theme song for their cartoon:



I watched part of one of the episodes and they go back in time to the Seoul Olympics. So, don't worry the Fuwa have saved past Olympics! Because China is the greatest and saves everything. duh.

They also had some kind of Beijing song (I understood that much) but I haven't yet been able to find it.

more pics

hi!

Due to a fast approaching thunder storm (we had one the other night that was one of the most amazing displays of lightening I have seen since Blacksburg) coupled with my leaving in a few hours, here are all of my Beijing photos. Missing are the ones from JAK's camera, and from the Great Wall.



Anyway, enjoy! Feel free to tell your own story in your head; I will come back in and explain them tomorrow.

Oh, and check out all the Games winners here.

ciao!
~L

ps if that didn't work, hopefully this will:

Beijing