French Fries Never Tasted Better
Just finished watching the closing ceremony of the 33rd Olympic games from Paris late Sunday afternoon. But prior to the ceremonies, I’m still basking in the football win over the Colts and the performance of Bronco quarterback Bo Nix. What a pleasure to see his fast pass release along with his running ability. It’s nice to see the coach on the sidelines without a drawing board of potential play calls. Bronco fans are going to enjoy this season.
What a pleasure to see France rise to the occasion and go all out for the historic games dating back to antiquity. I’m especially fond of the track and field competition where the USA dominated the games.
China and the USA went head-to-head on gold medals with the USA eking out a victory by a very slim margin. And slim it was with the USA Woman’s basketball game against France early Sunday morning, winning the gold by only one point. The men’s basketball team also escaped a late French surge with star Curry connecting with four three-point baskets in the last 2.46 minutes of the game to win the gold.
Sadly, Greenwood Village Olympian Anna Hall finished fifth overall but still was brilliant in her performance and stature. What a wonderful representative from Colorado, along with our soccer stars.
There are so many athletic venues from track and field with equestrian, skateboarding, wrestling, swimming, diving, archery, weightlifting, and the list goes on with so many new events, including challenging wall climbing.
The French have always been close to America and history relates how they gave our colonists muskets to use in our revolutionary war against the British. We returned the favor, freeing France from the Nazi armies in World War II.
The Olympics are proof that the world can compete and exist together; that all races, genders, and nationalities can come together with a mixture of color, language, ages, and share both victory and defeat together. With so much violence across the world it is a message especially to the younger generation that maybe peace can ultimately prevail, and that competition can bring people together rather than conflicts and wars.
I’m going to enjoy my french fries more, along with the slender loaves of French bread, cheese, wine, and olive oil. Viva La France!