Dream World

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Dream World At The Olympics
We spent 3 days in the dream world of the Olympic Village.

The words “Dream World” are even written on the sewer covers throughout the village. It’s a perfect analogy.

It’s a world where everything is taken care of for you. There are so many Chinese volunteers eager to help you with anything.

I haven’t lifted a piece of luggage since we’ve arrived. There’s someone waiting to throw your trash away for you at the cafeteria. After running on the treadmill at the gym I went looking for those disinfectant spray bottles and when I came back empty handed there was a volunteer wiping off my sweat from the treadmill. Not only is everything taken care of for us, everything in the village is free.

Most excitingly, there is a café where you can get any coffee of your liking for free. There is also a McDonalds next door to the café, for free. It takes a lot of will power for some athletes to stay away from those cheese burgers.

Previous Olympic athletes have warned me that you have to be careful of gaining weight during the month, and I didn’t believe it until I saw all the delicious food and treats that tempt you at the cafeteria. It’s a good thing that the salad bar is amazing and it’s makes a great meal in itself. We also have a coke key that we swipe at any vending machine and a drink of your choice comes out.

My favorite gift we’ve received is probably the Samsung phone that is meant for “emergencies”.

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