In a desperate attempt to engage our rather dour Spanish 17-year old student in dinner time conversation, we asked him about the Olympics opening ceremony - we asked him what he thought about the opening ceremony - he commended Mr Bean - the only truly international element?! - but then gave us quite a long description of what was wrong with the Spanish team's uniform, which did not meet with his approval.
Mark asked him what other people in Spain thought about the ceremony - he said on Twitter there had been some remarks - but and generally they seemed underwhelmed - "not good, not bad - just Normal".
Oh dear - well, I think a lot of the jokes were in-jokes for the British - but I think there were some spectacular moments - the forging of the Olympic ring and the way they rose into the sky and so on, the winged cyclists going around the outside of the stadium and the torch lighting were all incredibly beautiful and extraordinary moments - better than "normal" - or maybe there are dim Spanish memories of Barcelona - competitive feelings that won't allow them to admit that ours was spectacular - I've never heard people talk about the opening ceremony at Barcelona...
Mark asked him what other people in Spain thought about the ceremony - he said on Twitter there had been some remarks - but and generally they seemed underwhelmed - "not good, not bad - just Normal".
Oh dear - well, I think a lot of the jokes were in-jokes for the British - but I think there were some spectacular moments - the forging of the Olympic ring and the way they rose into the sky and so on, the winged cyclists going around the outside of the stadium and the torch lighting were all incredibly beautiful and extraordinary moments - better than "normal" - or maybe there are dim Spanish memories of Barcelona - competitive feelings that won't allow them to admit that ours was spectacular - I've never heard people talk about the opening ceremony at Barcelona...
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