Olympic Lagoon

... and evening had come way too quickly - we were desperate to stay on a few more days! A phone call to Olympic Holidays and quick search on the internet revealed there was no chance of changing our flight or buying a later departure... ...

... . The old town is cluttered with tourist shops, mostly selling the same ol' shyte. Greece is still suffering badly from post-Olympic hangover. There is still an open Olympic Shop, selling (or attempting to sell) all of the memorabilia for 50% off. ...

... , they said they were also from essex, the lady worked in the essex university doing research, and the man was working on the Olympic site in Stratford, they lived in Wivenhoe. How strange was that, for us to be at the same church service in Aitutaki in ...

... . We also viewed the Duke Kahanamoku Memorial Statue. He was known as Hawaii's first Olympian, and he continued his celebrated Olympic career for 21 years and became a symbol of aloha around the world. His 17 foot bronze statue is the most ...

... moving to music.... so tiny but cool! After heading back to Christina's we got our packed picnic together, and headed out towards Olympic stadium - not viewing the game from within it (you had to have tickets, and they were long sold out!) but just to a ...

... than 560 surveyed km of passageways are home to a varied flora and fauna, including a number of endangered species.   Olympic National Park Located in the north-west of Washington State, Olympic National Park is renowned for the diversity of its ...

... , young and vibrant area of Vancouver.  Boutiques and restaurants line the streets while street performers take advantage of the Olympic crowds to garner attention.  We decided to hang out at Yahoo! Fancouver 2010, a free venue where ...

... few nice sunset walks. This was to be the last of the the Fijian experience from here is back to Sydney for a weekend to celebrate our engagement, say goodbye to our friends, catch U2 in the Olympic stadium and hook a flight to Bangkok. Ahh life is ...

... health while on the road; also this would give me access for the day to the spa complex next door to the hostel. An Olympic pool containing the heated springs from the ground, hot tubs and sun bathing pools. And a lot of friendly Icelandic folk, who like ...

... behind it all. We even got to see coins being made. They had displays of different special edition coins including the ones for the Olympic Games, along with Olympic medals that were made at the mint also. The Australian Dollar notes are very cool as ...

... world's eyes are about to descend on this city in 2014 for the Football World Cup and in 2016 for the Olympic Games; that something needs to be done to improve their lives. I can't help wondering how the government here can get away ...

... the start with a good mix of backgrounds. Among us we had 2 Doctors (1 being a surgeon who is also a 6ft tall Olympic Rowing Champion) and an employment law Judge (that takes care of Germany´s contribution), the Brits gainfully employed back home and ...

... but could not find any. The second say of the bus tour. We walked around Montjuic (really pretty) and eventaully ended up at the Olympic Park. We got some sandwiches for lunch at a cafe. Back on the bus we went to Port Olympic and walked around on the ...

... roadhouse this time and were quite impressed. Off early in the morning we drove out to Roxby Downs, a town purpose built for the Olympic Mine, it was a pleasant surprise out in the middle of nowhere to find such a neat and well planned oasis, however it ...

... way we kept stopping and picking up more and more boxes and bags, until the entire aisle was filled with stuff, and it was an Olympic obstacle course to get off the bus.  Finally we reached the Laos border about 6am, and me and Jamie went in search ...

... the esplanade so we bought some steaks and made use of them that night. Thursday did a bit of shopping and then went to an olympic size outdoor swimming pool, swam about 3/4 mile dad! went out to dinner and to cinema. On Sat night we went on a dinner ...

... ! The premium is the public swimming pool, not one but two: in the hot one the bulgarian rest quiet and in the other cold, olympic one only sportive tourists swim up and down. The city is relaxant with a lot of hills, gardens and parks and even luxury ...

... easier to follow. That will be my final long run before the marathon which is  now only just over a 9 days away.         Good luck for the Olympic Harriers Race this Sunday Au Revoir from Paris ...