My home and native land!All in all I think these cities have something in common... a vitality... a joie de vivre... an electricity. Certainly they are amongst our favorites. I think if you are going to play host to the world you need to have world wide appeal.
All in all we will have visited 11* past and future Olympic cities
In the order we have visited them they are:
1) Vancouver 2010
2010 opening ceremonies, Vancouver2) London 1908, 1948 & 2012
3) Berlin 1936
1938 Berlin games4) Amsterdam 1928
5) Paris 1900, 1924
6) Barcelona 1992
Linford Cristie wins gold for the U.K. in 1992, Barcelona.
7) Rome 1960
8) Athens 1896 & 2004
The first modern games 1896, Athens.
9) Tokyo 1964
now here is what is on the agenda
10) Rio de Janeiro 2016
I wonder if Rio is the first city to have an Olympic beach?
and
11) Los Angeles 1932 & 1984
Out of this list we have yet to get to Rio and L. A. and having previously been to the later can only assume the former has these qualities in mass quantities. (try saying that 3 times fast)
GO TEAM CANADA!
Jason.
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Maybe you should go back and try to visit at least one past and future Olympic venue in each city...forget the UNESCO business. ;)
I'm so proud to be a Canadian in Vancouver enjoying the Olympics. It is much bigger and better than I thought it would be. Walking downtown and hearing and seeing all the various nations. The Dutch are very orange! Smiles and chatter from all. Fun and good sports too. How about a Olympic Gold from a Manitoban in skeleton racing YEAH CANADA weather also so warm and sunny The ocean liners in the harbour play O Canada on the fog horns neat getting around is very easy The Olympic rings out in the harbour turn GOLD when we get a gold medal It's been a lot of fun and seeing Yohan a huge bonus Mom
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