End of the road is near

The most asked questions are:

1. When are you leaving?
2. Do you have a ticket to the closing ceremonies - I am currently sans ticket myself

Things are getting packed up, notices are being posted on how to logistically get the hell out of Dodge and time is running short to see things and have that "beer before we get outta here".

Note the new slideshow - Leslie (USA Gymnastics) and I ran over to the Forbidden City this morning on a beautiful day. She caught a 4pm flight and had to leave by 11a to make all that happen.

Forbidden City is huge. Someone told me about a park across the street from there that overlooks the city, so I scaled that and got some pretty good photos of the entire skyline of Beijing - cool stuff.

This has been great, but I'm really ready to come home!