Monday, 3 June 2013

27th July 2012 - London 2012 Olympic Games begin!

Wow! Those few months went quick! It seems only yesterday that I was offered my role at London 2012, and the night of the 27th July was the night of the Opening Ceremony! I didn't have tickets to the ceremony, but I was able to enjoy the atmosphere outside the Olympic Stadium with thousands of other Games Makers, and fans.

We could hear the cheers bellowing from the stadium - an incredible atmosphere! We seen blasts of colour, and eyes were glued to the sky at 8:12pm (20:12), as the Red Arrows performed a flypast over the Stadium. What a beautiful scene! After four amazing hours, the ceremony ended, and spectators began to leave the stadium, and I decided to make my way back to my room to get some rest before my first shift on the 28th July.

As I got on the tube, I overheard a group of young kids talking about the Opening Ceremony, and I heard that they all had Northern Ireland accents! I politely interrupted their conversation asking them where they were from - and they were from Portadown!! This was amazing because they lived only a few miles from me in Northern Ireland! Small world eh?

The view of the Olympic Stadium once the Opening Ceremony had finished


So it was time to go back to my room for the night, which was a single room in Watford - totally on a budget! I gathered my uniform and placed it neatly on the chair in my room - excitedly envisaging my first shift as a Games Maker! 


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