From cheering on the Olympic torchbearers in the lead-up to the Games, to watching the Opening Ceremony a stone's throw from the Olympic Park, cheering on Team GB in front of big screens dotted around London and even getting tickets to see the Beach Volleyball (OK, so that was only Emma, the rest of us spent hours searching for tickets in vain - but we won't moan about that!), we have all been much more excited about these last 2 weeks than we expected to be.
Emma even managed to get her hands on an actual Olympic torch......!
It's been just the tonic that London needed - Danny Boyle kicked it off in style, the city looked amazing and even the weather improved as the Games went on and our medal tally went up and up! Our incredible athletes ran, swam, jumped, cycled, punched and rowed their way to make it Team GB's biggest medal haul in over 100 years and in front of a jubilant home crowd.
Enough to make you feel proud, but made even better by the fantastic community spirit shown by the thousands of volunteers who gave up their time and of course the amazing atmosphere across London and up & down the country - if there's one thing us Britons know, it's how to party!
Although we face this Monday morning with post-Olympic melancholy, we still have the Paralympics to look forward to (with Katie having bagged tickets to the athletics and the rest of us still trying!), to keep the London 2012 Olympic spirit alive and kicking for a few more weeks!
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