Today, we got a walking tour of the London 2012 sites under construction. When I say walking, I mean a lot of walking! The Olympic Village is going to be the East End of London, which has been the industry side of London for 1000 years. When the 2012 Games come around, it is going to be exciting to see how successful the clean-up and rejuvenation of the area is. We walked along a transporation canel for most of the tour, able to catch views of the Olympic Stadium and the Aquadrome, along with the massive of soil clean-up.
After our tour, we ventured out to Hackney and had lunch. Part of our group enjoyed a Turkish meal so much that Mark paid twice. We then met with Charlie Forman, a top executive for Hackney 2012 committee. Hackney is one of 4 boroughs that the Olympic Village falls on. Charlie gave us a overview of the benefits of the Olympics for the citizens of Hackney. He also discussed the issues currently happening with the Olympics, affecting Hackney. I think we all very much enjoyed his insight.
We then hustled down to Tower of London, transferring trains several times without losing anyone (big success!). Unfortunately, we got there 2 minutes too late to go into the Tower of London. But we got a lot of pictures that hopefully Professor Ryan should be putting up soon. And I know that he is in at least one of them, Theresa.
Let's hope for no rain tomorrow as some of the early birds are getting up to go the Portobello Market tomorrow morning and all of us will be busy trying to see all the sights we've missed thus far!
Rachel
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