SwissO Posted July 16, 2012 Report Share Posted July 16, 2012 athletes arrive for Games http://www.telegraph...l?frame=2277737 Strange to get the athletes exiting in the same flow as the usual passengers ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Tickle Posted July 16, 2012 Report Share Posted July 16, 2012 The London Eye will be putting on light shows to show the publics Olympic mood and powered by their tweets http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/london-eye-illuminated-olympic-tweets-144143963.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Tickle Posted July 16, 2012 Report Share Posted July 16, 2012 Over sized individually designed mascots have started appearing as part of the Mayor of London Presents Cultural Trails. I think the idea is to follow the routes and discover areas you may not visit when visiting London and get local snippets of information off the mascotts as you go, or just have your picture taken with them. This one is at Guildhall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob. Posted July 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2012 That I like! They did that with elephants when I was in Copenhagen last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FDLondon Posted July 16, 2012 Report Share Posted July 16, 2012 We had elephants in London a couple of years ago too. And then Easter eggs this year before the Wenlocks. Between them and the old phone boxes, there will be lots for people to watch out for on the streets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BethnalGreen Posted July 16, 2012 Report Share Posted July 16, 2012 Not sure whether or not this is the right thread or not, but here goes. A friend from my class in school has been the voice of London buses for a while now, but has just recorded some Olympic messages this year... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-16491277 Way to go Emma! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevzz Posted July 17, 2012 Report Share Posted July 17, 2012 Went to collect my ticket at the Olympic Park gate this morning. There's already such a hype around there. A lot of Games makers walking around, volunteers stationed at various points giving directions and lots of people with accreditation pass hanging around and also lots of army in uniform. I have no doubt about the security at all. All getting real now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Tickle Posted July 17, 2012 Report Share Posted July 17, 2012 Excellent news, its days away, can't wait to get to London this weekend. Thought I'd post this. Great use of marketing http://taxi.ba.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevzz Posted July 17, 2012 Report Share Posted July 17, 2012 Excellent news, its days away, can't wait to get to London this weekend. Thought I'd post this. Great use of marketing http://taxi.ba.com/ That's great fun! LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micheal_warren Posted July 17, 2012 Report Share Posted July 17, 2012 Went to collect my ticket at the Olympic Park gate this morning. There's already such a hype around there. A lot of Games makers walking around, volunteers stationed at various points giving directions and lots of people with accreditation pass hanging around and also lots of army in uniform. I have no doubt about the security at all. All getting real now! Its good to hear some positive news as everything from the media over the past few days has been pretty negative! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Tickle Posted July 17, 2012 Report Share Posted July 17, 2012 Have we had a welcome ceremony yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevzz Posted July 17, 2012 Report Share Posted July 17, 2012 They had rehearsal though 10 days to go guys, 10 DAYS!!!!! Will be down to single digit countdown tomorrow, unbelievable! http://www.london201...-the-world.html I watched the Athens 2004 OC opening segment countdown again, literally have goosebumps imagining I will be there myself next Friday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted July 17, 2012 Report Share Posted July 17, 2012 Have we had a welcome ceremony yet? from SebCoe twitter British Virgin Islands - first Welcome Ceremony. Fun and poignant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FDLondon Posted July 17, 2012 Report Share Posted July 17, 2012 10 days to go guys, 10 DAYS!!!!! Will be down to single digit countdown tomorrow, unbelievable! I watched the Athens 2004 OC opening segment countdown again, literally have goosebumps imagining I will be there myself next Friday! Tell me about it! I've been counting down at work since day 100 with a fresh desktop wallpaper every day which are now all in a little collage showing every image that I've used. I can't believe that I'm onto the final row and single digits... And last weekend's rehearsal when we started doing some of the Parade of Athletes with music blaring while I stood looking out at the stands made me bounce with excitement. I think I could have flown home that night! Strange mixture of exhilaration and mild terror! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevzz Posted July 17, 2012 Report Share Posted July 17, 2012 The surreal bit for me was last Sunday I was at trafalgar sq and the clock shows 12 days to go and I remembered I was there during the unveiling and it was 500 days to go! How time flies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micheal_warren Posted July 17, 2012 Report Share Posted July 17, 2012 Have we had a welcome ceremony yet? I read somewhere that the first welcome ceremony was going to be the British Virgin Island. Not sure when though. http://www.london2012.com/news/articles/team-welcome-ceremonies-greet-athletes-the-world.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BethnalGreen Posted July 17, 2012 Report Share Posted July 17, 2012 I read somewhere that the first welcome ceremony was going to be the British Virgin Island. Not sure when though. http://www.london201...-the-world.html Happened today apparently.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted July 18, 2012 Report Share Posted July 18, 2012 http://www.facebook.com/London2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brekkie Boy Posted July 18, 2012 Report Share Posted July 18, 2012 Which one is Iran? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted July 18, 2012 Report Share Posted July 18, 2012 Which one is Iran? between India and Ireland Alias its one of three flags (Iran, Saudi Arabia and Mexico) that havent been "logoed". Dont know why Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BethnalGreen Posted July 18, 2012 Report Share Posted July 18, 2012 between India and Ireland Alias its one of three flags (Iran, Saudi Arabia and Mexico) that havent been "logoed". Dont know why Didn't Iran complain that the logo was spelling out Zion or something and they asked the IOC to make London change it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zekekelso Posted July 18, 2012 Report Share Posted July 18, 2012 That explains why they didn't logo Iran... and possibly SA, But Mexico?? Anyway, I could waste hours looking at those flag. First two questions that pop out: 1) What's the order? Alphabetical in (French?). Close in English, but far from exact. Eyeballing the "I's" we have Indonesia, India, Iran, Ireland, Iraq, Iceland, Israel, ???, Italy 2) What's between Israel and Italy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Tickle Posted July 18, 2012 Report Share Posted July 18, 2012 Theres 83 mascot statues across London http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/gallery/2012/jul/18/olympic-mascot-statues-pictures#/?picture=393240130&index=9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted July 18, 2012 Report Share Posted July 18, 2012 Great idea! Love it!! I just wish they had put a few of them in central areas of other large cities in the UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted July 18, 2012 Report Share Posted July 18, 2012 That explains why they didn't logo Iran... and possibly SA, But Mexico?? Anyway, I could waste hours looking at those flag. First two questions that pop out: 1) What's the order? Alphabetical in (French?). Close in English, but far from exact. Eyeballing the "I's" we have Indonesia, India, Iran, Ireland, Iraq, Iceland, Israel, ???, Italy 2) What's between Israel and Italy. US Virgin Islands looks like they are following the IOC Codes order http://en.wikipedia....C_country_codes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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