GB, Beijing and at loss on who to cheer for

As tomorrow launches the Summer 2008 Olympics in Bejing, I've been getting ready for the ever-gruesome hours to watch my favourite sports. However, watching the Olympics in a different country has brought up some questions. As GB specializes in completely different sports than Canada (Boxing, Cycling, triathlon) - will they play the sports that get so much coverage on the CBC?

I think I will get far too much coverage on equestrian events and very little on trampolining. I also doubt that BMX coverage will make it high on the BBC priority. Maybe BBC 11.......

Also - what will I feel when England wins? I doubt I will be able to achieve so much emotion around 'God Save the Queen'. The title has too many things I disagree with. But at least I know most of the words. I can't imagine my feelings if I was in Japan.

But, in the spirit of a new country and adopting new patriotic spirit - I have a few GB athletes that I will cheer on. One being Tom Daley, a diver and 14 years of age who looks about eight. He clearly makes me feel like I did nothing in my teenage years. I doubt I'm the only one.

Tomorrow two weeks of competition starts - is there anyone you are cheering for?

another bbc addiction

This weekend I got a new addiction. As you would have guessed - it's all about the BBC again.If you haven't seen BBC's Planet Earth - rent it, borrow it - watch it online - do anything to get it. The footage is incredible (they had no budget......)- it's not your run-of-the-mill nature documentry. It's almost always nothing you've seen before.

While I think caves frighten me even more - I feel much better informed.

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oh orla

Obviously there are loads of benefits to living in London. A main one (for me) is the fashion. So many different designers that we don't have access to in Canada. One (a new love) is Orla Kiely for bags and accessories. And this weekend I caved and bought a huge green bag in her traditional print. A Londoner, Orla's main shop is in Covent Garden amongst multiple cobblestoned streets. No Oxford Street here! The majority of her bags are waterproof and so light.. (a suprisingly hard thing to find).

The shop people were also helpful, sweet and generally out of your way. Boutique shopping is the way to go in London or else you might want to bring over more Canadians to train the English on customer service.

A picture will be posted soon - I couldn't find any on the internet.

another word for green space

they say the pasture is always greener on the other side. That is now very true and my love for North London. L2 and I headed up to Hampstead Heath on Sunday (despite the grey clouds) and I fell in love with the one bit of nature in London.

While we have our commons, our parks, and our very beautiful gardens - the heath is a huge space where you really don't feel like you're in London. Once and a while you catch a glimpse of the city.. (the gherkin) or the huge tv tower. Besides that - you have ponds, trees and bogs for 'miles'. Between the Heath and Primrose Hill - I think I know our next neighbourhood.

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