The Opening Ceremony was a pretty interesting night to be in Beijing and we spent the majority of it atop The Emperor Club, a rooftop bar overlooking the Forbidden City. From there we took in the fireworks at Tiananmen and watched the Ceremony on TV. When we got tired of paying way to much for drinks, we took over a tiny local Xinjiang restaurant and got down and dirty with $1 beers and chuanr (kebabs). We were a little overdressed, but no one seemed to mind. It was fun walking down the alleyways and seeing people huddled together around little TV's to take in the action. I think they reported that around 84 million Chinese watched the program on TV. Taking that number into consideration, I have heard that it was the most watched event of all time.
After the Ceremony ended we watched the finishing fireworks and then began the 2 hour process of trying to find a cab. We were finally rescued by the NBC van, thanks to a friend, and dropped off closer to home.
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