Last Friday the Olympic Torch made its way through Derby! The park that is in walking distance from our apartment was having a celebration and the torch was supposed to come right through the park. We actually were able to meet up with some of Mark's co-workers that are from Indy before we headed out. We were able to find a place pretty close to the path of the torch. We were able to see him run by and then we were lucky enough to get a picture with the torch. I guess the lady was the next person to run with the torch on Saturday. We were pretty lucky to see everything! This is probably as close to the Olympics as we are going to get. We had a great time hanging out with Mark's co-workers that night.
Here are a couple facts about the torch. Every year they light the flame in Olympia from the sun's rays and then it is delivered to the host country. The torch has 8000 holes, one for each torchbearer. The torch weighs 800 grams (about 1 pound 12 ounces) and it is made of a lightweight alluminum alloy. This the 3rd year that the UK has hosted the Olympic Games.
There it is!
Andrew didn't really care about it.
The guys got their shining moment!
We were so lucky that the weather was nice. (We probably could have done something with Andrew's hair. It has a mind of its own!)
The park was packed with people.
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