On Saturday, the American group and I took a field trip to go see and go into the Birds Nest and the Water Cube.We boarded a small mini bus in front of Jing-Shan around 8:40ish and arrived around 9:20. We got off the bus and immediately heard the song Beijing Huan Ying Ni blasting through the loud speakers all around the streets.
Upon arriving, we first went to the Olympic park to walk around. Located down the street from the Birds Nest and the Water Cube, the Olympic Park was pretty peaceful. It was kind of like a forest. There were many trees off into the distant and there were many big rocks surrounding the area. Since some of the others, Hannah, Clara, and Carolyn and I were tired, we decided to sit down while the rest of the group walked around the park.
Afterwards, we headed off to see the inside of the Water Cube. I had wanted to go inside the Water Cube for the longest time after watching Michael Phelps on t.v. winning his eight gold medals.
When I entered the Water Cube, I was so surprised. The inside of it was so peaceful and calm. On the left wall, there was an LCD t.v. screen showing clips from the 2008 Olympic events.It was hard to believe that last year, the whole arena was packed with athletes from all different countries all over the entire world competing to be number 1. The diving boards were my favorite. I took so many pictures of that. From a distance, the diving boards don't look that tall and the decieving height makes diving look kind of easy. But in reality, the diving boards are of course really high up.
This is where Michael Phelps won his 8 gold medals!!!!
The pools and the whole room give off such a peaceful feeling. It feels like you're being transported away to a more serene place.
You couldn't go down to where the pool is since there were people guarding the area.
The ceiling is decorated to look like large bubbles. The outside of the water cube looks better during the night because each bubble can change colors, so one second the whole water cube would be green and the next the water cube would change to red and etc.
The last place we visited to that day was the Birds Nest.The inside of it was huge. There were probably more than a million seats circling around inside the arena.
It was an open ceiling so sun light beamed down from high above and hit the floor of the stadium. The stadium was huge. In the middle, there were huge Fuwa statues that people could chose to pose next to and get their picture taken.
A few minutes into the visit, a scheduled performance began. Six people dressed in Fuwa costumes danced around, doing hand gestures and jumps, while loud playful music played in the background. There were five Olympic mascots: BeiBei, JingJing, HuanHuan, YingYing, and NiNi dancing. The sixth performer was an ox representing this years Zodiac animal. All together the six of the danced for about five to eight minutes. After watching the small performance, I noticed the running track on the floor. It was hard to believe that just a few months ago, Usain Bolts, the fastest man in the world, set and broke multiple new world records.
I would definitely love to go back to see the Birds Nest and the Water Cube. Although I liked the Birds Nest, I loved the Water Cube and wouldn't mind going back there a few hundred times more.
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