Opening in style

The 29th Olympiad got underway yesterday in spectacular style, with an opening ceremony lasting well over 3 hours. Goodness only knows what the organisers of the London 2012 games will be thinking next week as they sit in their next planning meetings? Probably something along the lines of "we need 10 times more budget"! The fireworks were always guaranteed to be amazing, bearing in mind of course that they were invented by the Chinese. From the other highlights I saw, the whole show provided some amazing moments, especially towards the end with the lighting of the flame. The most important thing now is the competition - let's hope that the GB team get a good haul of medals. Faster, higher, stronger? We'll see...