Beijing 08 - Day 1

So, we went to visit my grandparents who own a TV that receives a decent sports channel and I can't tell you how happy that made me.
Nothing makes me cry as fast as an athlete crying of exhaustion and happiness after a victory (oh and those sodding national anthems don't help a bit with the not crying)
And even though I'm most certainly not a patriot I'm always happy when Austria wins something. Today, we won a silver medal in Judo (Men, -60 kg) and it seems we have some chances winning some more Judo medals with the women tomorrow.

Also I did some researching the TV programme and figured out that they do show at least some things that interest me on our wonderful national broadcasting channel ORF 1, so I can watch it via computer and don't have to park my ass on my grandparents' couch for two weeks...getting up early everyday will be a bit harsh, but luckily I'm good with the getting up in the morning...