Watched the closing ceremony last night and two things struck me.
The first was a conversation that must have happened in Locog...
"What to you mean you've spent the whole £27M Mr Boyle? That was for BOTH ceremonies..."
The second was that I didn't think the closing ceremony could get any weirder... then Brazil happened... :wha:
Seriously the only two parts of the whole thing that were slightly dissappointing were the closing ceremony (it was never going to come close to the opener but still, it was a little strange and a little lame) and that ruddy logo.
Everything else, and I mean everything was just brilliant. The athletes, performances, organisation (with the minor exception of a Korean flag mix up), the beeb's coverage, the opening ceremony, the sports that I knew nothing about (who knew that dressage was quite so entertaining?), the venues and all the individual stories surrounding it, like the guy who was a steward as a Scout in '48 and again at 2012, the relay runner whose broken leg only shaved a second off his time and so many more...
...bring on the Paralympics!