Olympics

So the clock on the British Embassy struck zero and that meant: Game On!  It's a different experience watching the Olympics abroad but it's been pretty good.  Obviously we do not get the US network coverage but with out cable package we do get the Hungarian coverage as well as Eurosport so we do get to watch an awful lot plus we are more or less on the same time zone (one hour off).   The Eurosport coverage is not specific to one country so they try to show many different things which is good and bad.  I think they were showing synchronized diving which is good but it was during the first two rotations of men's gymnastics so we missed the US Men stumbling all over themselves which I guess was not so bad to miss.

On the local channel they focus on whatever event Hungarians are competing in, they tend to be good at the water sports it seems.  All the restaurants have the Olympic on and they've set up a big screen in Szabadság Ter with food and drink for people to watch.  They did the same thing during the Euro 2012 soccer tournament, it is a really good time.

Szabadság Ter

This picture is taken in Szabadsag Ter or Freedom Square in downtown Budapest.  I think what makes this picture somewhat interesting is that I took it standing near the US Embassy, with a monument to the Soviet Union's liberation of Hungary at the end of World War II in the foreground.  On the other side of the monument, not visible here is a statue to Ronald Reagan and in the background is Parliament. I'll have to get a picture of Reagan looking at thee monument at some point.