Olympics Hoorah!
On Thursday, the day before the Olympics started, Catherine and I went to the Polish Embassy as their guests and were taken to the Olympic Village to view the Flag Raising ceremony and present some Quilts 4 London pennants to the Polish Ambasssador who was going to pass them on to the Polish Athletes.
It was such a thrill for us to be there on behalf of the Great British public to extend the hand of friendship and hospitality of the 17,000 people who made a pennant as a personal gift for the visiting athletes.
While we were there we were very proud to meet some of the athletes including some from our very own Team GB!
Our thanks go to the Polish Ambassador and the Embassy for making us so welcome. It was so exciting to know that the very next day the whole wonderful event would be under way.
Good Luck team GB!!
Also thanks to Irene from Woolsack for taking the photo. Woolsack are another fabulous textile project for the Olympics whose members have made 4,000 cushions using British Wool and filled with British Wool fibre. You can read more about their project here:
www.woolsack.org
Also thanks to Irene from Woolsack for taking the photo. Woolsack are another fabulous textile project for the Olympics whose members have made 4,000 cushions using British Wool and filled with British Wool fibre. You can read more about their project here:
www.woolsack.org
hello Paula,
ReplyDelete17000 pennants !!!! I wish I could see some...
this is news that doesn't reach Belgium, but one of the things that make the Olympics special :)
Paula , you are much too modest ! You should have shared this blogpost on the yahoo groups !!
greets from belgium
Inge