From the past to the present - Post-Olympics Beijing

After visiting the Forbidden City, Tiananmen , the hutongs, and the Great Wall from the past , we came back to the present . We were brought to the Olympics Park to visit the Bird's Nest , the 2008 Olympics' main stadium .

This is the pride of millions of Chinese all over the world . Here it is , to enter, your bus  need to pass through this place like this :

The  'auto gate'

Then , the great achitecture stood proudly in the hazy sky :

 

The steel work at a closer look 

The neat , numbered seats in the stadium

The ladies 

Water Cube - the stadium built from donations by overseas Chinese , used for water events

The Torch Tower

This is a different feeling looking at these achievements !