For my boy: this was how they lit the GIANT torch!
Part 1 – “Running” to Light the Torch
Part 2 – Lit Torch + Fireworks
I think they did it at the very end of the ceremony while we were on the phone, or possibly preparing to sleep. Haha…
I worry for London which is gonna host the 2012 Olympics. How to surpass this benchmark that China has set?! I hope they have started some serious brainstorming already.
Yuting
2 Comments
August 12, 2008 at 12:00 am
Oh… I love the way they lit the torch! Absolutely fantastic and so authentically Chinese!
August 12, 2008 at 12:39 am
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