Tonight the Sochi Winter Olympics came to a close, and I have to say I thought they were great. The opening ceremony, the competition, the NBC coverage (!), I loved all of it. And the closing ceremony was way cool too. Here's some screen grabs, in case you missed it :)
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Amazing that this stadium was built specifically for the opening and closing ceremonies,
no athletic events were hosted there. Wonder what it shall be used for now?
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Beautiful. The projected water was flowing.
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My favorite part. How great that the organizers did this, in a nod to the ring which didn't open
during the opening ceremonies. Russians with a sense of humor, who knew?
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The athletes file in
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Russian visual art
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Chagall! With upside down houses, of course.
("happiness is not happiness without a guitar-playing goat")
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The ballet
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Writers! And poets!
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A blizzard of paper
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The Olympic flag is handed over to South Korea
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The Russian hall of mirrors ("reflections on the games")
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Misha blows out the Olympic flame
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And the exterior flame is extinguished also (*sniff*)
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A steampunk airship wraps things up
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Goodbye Sochi!
And so now we have to wait two years until the next Olympic Games, in Brazil, and four years until the next Winter Games in South Korea. Boo. I can't wait!
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