As everyone in the entire world knows, the 2012 olympics just so happen to take place in London. Besides the massive amounts of people everywhere causing me major anxiety, it was a once in a lifetime experience nonetheless. You couldn't go anywhere without seeing something Olympics related which I loved. All the hype and commotion and about team GB was hilarious to hear about because I knew they didn't stand a chance in the medal race against team USA. So me being an athlete, I took a day to travel to Olympic Park. I was so excited! The sun was shinning, I got to wear some shorts finally and I was in a patriotic mood thinking about all the athletes coming over for the events. However I was shot down when I got there. I was wanting to get as close as possible to some of the venues, but that wasn't very close because everything was gated off unless you had a pass. All that traveling in the hot and smelly tube only to leave me disappointed. I didn't let it get to me too much thought because I knew I was fortunate to even be there in the first place. I had heard on a tour that the the London Olympics cost the country 9.4 billion dollar. I knew that London was filthy rich and that it would cost a lot to host such an event but I wasn't expecting that figure. I started to wonder how that effected the people living in the country. I know most of the workers were volunteers so they must of relied heavily on tourist giving some of the money back. I know I did at least.
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