Olympic Green...beautiful, but not so green

We got into work a bit early one morning this week, so a couple of us wandered around the Olympic Green...after taking the brand-spankin new Olympic subway line. (Only people with credentials can ride it). It was the only time we had an entire train to ourselves!




The Green is beautiful...it's not green though. It's an enormous gathering place between the 3 major venues in the area: The Bird's Nest, Water Cube, and National Indoor Stadium. There are trees and sculptures and Coke kiosks and benches to sit on and awesome views of the Olympic venues...but for the most part there is no grass. It's all stone, brick, and rock.


I am definitely looking forward to hanging around the Green once the Games start...I am sure there will be lots more to see and do.