Live blogging from the House of Switzerland near London Bridge. It’s really buzzing here, long queues for food and drink. This is one of the best Country Houses we’ve been to during these Olympics. On stage right now live Jazz. Not an empty seat in the house. Very friendly people at the Bernese Oberland stand. […]
Olympic Tickets being offered to teachers and students
For those resigned to watching the Olympic action on TV instead of live have been outraged at how empty some of the venues have been. Shots of the Aquatics centre, Wimbledon and other venues show blocks of empty seats. According to Lord Coe these were seats reserved for foreign VIPs. About 20% of total seats […]
The Global Feast Pop Up
Want to do something different during the Olympic week? Get along to one of the global supperclubs being held at the Old Stratford Town Hall. They are featuring food from many countries, served on a specially commissioned table in the courtyard, yards away from the Olympic Park. The Global Feast runs from Wednesday […]
Helpful signs on the tube
London Underground has added lots of helpful signs to help visitors find their way around London during the Olympics. Nice to see them get into the spirit.
London Olympics 2012 – are Londoners invited?
Recently in the news, the big discussion on the Olympics was whether Londoners will be given priority to the Olympics 2012 tickets. There is a lot of discussion that tickets will be limited and Londoners will not be able to get to any of the main events. In Atlanta, 20% of the tickets were allocated […]