Olympic Stadium

I went to the Olympic stadium on Friday!

Collin and I took the subway there. We got onto Line 10 and transferred to Line 8 to get there. Now, Line 8 was used specifically to transport visitors who came to see the Olympics. Needless to say, the subway stations on Line 8 were super nice. Here's a diagram of subway line 8. It lays it out pretty well.



We went to the Bird's Nest first. This is the Bird's Nest from relatively far away. This was my view when Collin and I came out from the subway.



This is a Collin at the Bird's Nest. He's my Chinese friend.



Here's my outtake of Collin in front of the Bird's Nest... just so you know that I didn't google search a picture of a random Chinese guy in front of the Bird's Nest. :)



Here's a close-up picture of the Bird's Nest. Collin said that it looks like it's made of metal, but the material it's made out of feels like wood.



Here's the Water Cube. It's pretty sweet.





There were also a lot of random buildings that had the Olympic logo that I decided to take pictures of. This one says "Olympic Construction Exhibition Hall."







There were also a lot of sculptures and artsy-type things in the area. This one is of people running. Isn't it cute?



This is a stick figure depiction of all the different olympic games.



The Stadium was divided into different parts. There was the section where all the games were played, but there was also a section that seemed like it was designed more for relaxation. It was like a park, kind of. But I think the idea was to introduce some traditional Chinese things to the visitors.

Here is a big wall of drums.



Here's a sculpture of 3 ladies playing a musical instrument.



This is really cool. It's an instrument... on the side of a building! They're like guitar strings. Or harp strings. But they're legitimately on the side of the building. You can even play them!