Paris Olympics

Olympics were dope

Saturday - Arrival

• Met up with my parents at an RER B station to get the keys before they left for their volleyball match
• Luckily Alexendre lent us the apartment for the stay. Apartment was very trendy
• Maura & I went to a resto and I got steak tartar
• Went to Montpelier for crepes for dinner. Apparently lots of crepe shops there because of the train station coming from Normandie

Sunday - Rowing

• Over an hour commute to Vaires-sur-Marne
• Beautiful hot and sunny day
• saw qualifying rounds for a couple dozen events
• the Irish Donovan and McCarthy won their race
• front row bleacher seats at the 1750 meter mark (2000 meter long races)
• Met up with the parents and my godmother afterwards in the city and got a drink and dinner
• Strolled a cool new neighborhood with a bunch of modern apartment buildings centered around Parc Clichy-Batignolles - Martin Luther King

Monday - Volleyball

• Women's pool match. Brazil vs. Kenya
• Arena Sud, just a 20 min walk from Alexandres apartment we were staying at
• Game was awesome, the hype people made it fun and the game was great
• Brazil were the favorites and swept the sets
• Still pretty close though
• Then strolled towards the city, saw the Eiffel tower, and met with the others for drink
• Maura posted a Insta story and got a ton of likes
• Maura and I went to the bar Anne and Didier met at and got sangria

Tuesday - Water Polo

• Before our game, got some snacks and sandwich from the boulagerie and had lunch at Luxembourg garden
• games were at the recently built aquatic center next to the stade de France
• scorching hot day, we had a bit of walk from the train to the pool
• we saw two games and they were amazing
• both pool games, France vs Japan and US vs Romania
• France’s game was close but they pulled through in the end
• the French crowd was mad fun the whole time
• US beat Romania by a large margin
• US had a decent show up to the game along with a group of guys in captain America outfits
• After the game we strolled through Jardin des Plantes