At airport

And away we go! We are moments away from leaving LGA and beginning our journey to the Olympics. We didn't sleep at all last night in the hopes of shifting our time zones more efficiently. We have a 4 hour layover, which is somewhat annoying, but then it's straight to PEK. 

The Opening Ceremony was pretty amazing -- the rollout of the scroll was ingenious and the sheer manpower overwhelming. I think the electricity of the Opening Ceremony is carrying over to the events. Michael Phelps already captured his first gold in an impressive, world-record shattering 400 medley, setting the pace for the rest of Swimming. The Gymnastics qualifiers are competitive and with the new scoring system in place, who knows what will happen. We happened to catch some Women's Weightlifting (48kg) on nbcolympics.com, and gained newfound respect for these athletes. It's all happening so fast, all across Beijing, and we hope to cover as many events/sights/sounds as possible. Stay tuned!