The Daily Show

Our CBC team has been coming in later the last couple days. Some of the larger team including the AOB camera assistants have been lugging camera cable and jotting notes from 8am till midnight and later. That math works out to be 16+ hours when you count the commute to work. Fortunately, some of the AOB guys have scored company cars to shuttle back and forth to work at the games. We all grimaced in agony (or at least those of us who are Americans) today upon word of the US women's tennis gals loss. Venus Williams was eclipsed in a match with China and the Aussie's ousted Michael Phelps in the 200m freestyle swim on the shoulders of Ian Thorpe. I may never eat a bloom'n onion again.

Hanging around Canadians has proven very educational. I find myself dropping fewer "y'alls" and using a lot more "eh's". Whatdayaknow, we are crossing the language barrier. Still, the local supermarket girl keeps quizzing me on my greek and I keep failing miserably.

The strides locals tell us that Athens has taken in the last few months to prepare the city still boggles the mind. We are witnessing a re-creation of a community here. A newly finished metro rail system. Numerous new stadiums that have risen to create whole new areas of town. A brand new international airport that rivals most in the states. Greeks are proud and they have reason to be. And we are proud to be a part of it.