Asbury College at the Olympics

My time here is coming to a close. I’ve seen and done some amazing things. I’ve seen almost every sport–and have seen the US win gold at women’s beach volleyball, men’s swimming relay, women’s soccer, and men’s 100 meter dash. The soccer game was by far the most exciting. The stands were pretty empty for […]

I have officially learned how to hail a taxi in Athens all by myself when there are dozens of people all wanting the same taxi–the key–just jump in as the taxi starts to slow–whether he wants to stop for you or not. Hey, it’s all about the adventure…right?? I have 1 day left on my […]

Well, it’s Day 13 of the Olympics, and I am definitley enjoying the experience. It’s been a while since my last post, and I don’t think that we had officially started work yet, but in the past couple of weeks the entire place has gone crazy! There is so much going on here, and with […]

So it’s currently 2:22am Athens time. I am sitting next to my pal, Joel Claes, while he logging by hand the tennis match that started at 11:00pm. The reason my friend Joel is logging this almost four hour match by hand is because the Canadian database is currently down. We are in the fifth set […]

I just saw the women’s marathon run past the Pikermi bus stop where we wait daily on our way to work. About two blocks from the arial shot at timecode 19:17:00 on CBC 2004 Summer Olympic games tape GRE90582 is where we have been living for the past 20 days–make that sleeping. The last runner […]

Hello friends,
First of all, let me apologize for the long absence of e-mails. One would think that coming to work in the International Broadcast Center for the Athens Olympic Broadcasting Network would provide ample opportunities to get online, check e-mail and reply leisurly. Well, one would be wrong. Of the thousands of computers in this […]

Today saw the end of olympic judoka glory. I must say 75 kilogram women bout much slower than do the bouters of the 56 kilogramers. (A bout, I learned, is one match in Judo language). There’s a lot of other language that goes with it but I’ll spare you. It was hard enough just getting […]