How ‘Bout That Opening Ceremony?!

Well, we will suffice it to say that we imagine that most of you have been watching the Olympics, starting with the amazing Opening!

From start to finish, it truly was on a whole other level!

The boats chugging down the Seine, some with multitudes aboard and some with just a few, some with just one country aboard and other with several countries. The rain added to the drama of the whole event, to be honest, and got people going, to be sure.

And the piece de resistance, Celine Dion singing from the platform on the Tour Eiffel was a huge gift from her heart. The cauldron floated up above the Tuileries Gardens and there it stayed, apparently until 2:00 am. It will stay on the ground each day and be floated back up into the sky each evening during the Olympic Games.

To quote the Paris AP:

“Paris Olympics organizers said that from Saturday, the cauldron attached to a balloon will fly more than 60 meters (197 feet) above the Tuileries gardens from sunset until 2 a.m. The launch zone site is near the glass pyramid entrance to the Louvre museum . 

During daytime hours, 10,000 people each day can get free tickets to approach the cauldron, which is the first in Olympic history to light up without the use of fossil fuels.

Instead, it uses water and electric light.

Organizers said the electric flame uses 40 LED spotlights “to illuminate the cloud created by 200 high-pressure misting nozzles.”

The cauldron is a key showcase of organizers’ ambition for a low-carbon Olympics cutting emissions in half and “one of the main symbols of the games,” Paris organizing chief Tony Estanguet said.

“We wanted the cauldron to use a new technology in order to not produce too many emissions,” Estanguet said Saturday. “We were ambitious and we wanted to bring together something spectacular and environmental responsibility at the same time.”

The Summer Games cauldron in the Tuileries also will stay to be used for the Paralympic Games that Paris will host from Aug. 28 to Sept. 8.”

What a truly amazing exhibition! The French certainly hit it out of the park, to use an American baseball term.

We could not help but think about the organization behind it all – every little detail covered.

Thank you, France, for this amazing show!

Now we can all enjoy the sports!