The 2008 Olympic Games!!

At 8 PM on 08-08-2008, the XXIX Olympic Games began in Beijing, China! As most of you know, I am a big fan of the Olympics and am looking forward to watching them over the next couple of weeks.

Check out NBC's website for all the coverage highlights and medal counts...

Tonight we'll be celebrating the opening of the games with an Olympic Smörgåsbord! OK, so we won't be serving food from Sweden, but we will be serving tasty treats from around the world - well, sort of anyway. We'll each be representing a different country by contributing food to the Smörgåsbord...

China (Susan) - TBD
Italy (Mike) - Pizza
Germany (Kent) - German Chocolate Cake
Mexico (Danielle/Jared) - Danielle's world famous, totally awesome, homemade guacamole!
Poland (Megan/James) - DD is representing Poland with a cucumber and sour cream salad

We'll see what other countries are represented as the evening progresses.

We are 12 hours behind Beijing, and I have sneaked a peek at some of the coverage from the opening ceremonies. One of the things that will be interesting to watch is the order of the parade of nations. Adhering to tradition, the Greeks go first. After that, the countries have been lined up based on Mandarin calligraphy - they've been ordered by the number of strokes in the first character of a nation's name. Should be confusing and fun to watch!