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Andreas
at
the Olympic Park, just before entering Olympic Stadium for the closing
ceremony of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games. Note
the closing ceremony pin in his shirt pocket!
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Sunday
29 August 2006...another night to remember indeed! Andreas
was there and presents to you the best photos from the closing ceremony,
for which he used his then new Sony 5.1 MP DSC-P93 digital camera. As
you can understand from the photos, Andreas
was allocated a wonderful position as he was sitting from the TV side and
close to the Olympic Flame, even though he bought one of the
"cheap" tickets (the cheapest tickets cost 100 Euros or $120,
but still just a third of the opening ceremony prices!)
and had to sit at the very last row at the top. How Andreas
got so lucky? Simple: he bought his ticket a year in advance,
immediately after tickets went on sale. Andreas
and all the lucky spectators of the closing ceremony received a few items
before entering the stadium: the official program, a small light, a balloon
and a honky to wave goodbye to the Games. Even though
you have probably watched the event on TV, there is nothing quite like being
there! And these photos try to convey the excitement and the magic of the
closing ceremony of what went down in history as
"unforgettable...dream Games". Yes, it was not as
spectacular as the opening ceremony, something that happens in every Olympic
Games. But it excellently conveyed the spirit of modern Greece as you will
see in the photos.
Just click on the photos
below to see the full picture: enjoy! And
to get yourself in the Olympic spirit, have a listen to the pieces 
dedicates to the Games: Olympic
Glory and The
Moment of Victory (buy
both from iTunes).
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