I admit it. I’m an Olympic Games opening ceremonies junkie who has not missed any Games opening, winter or summer, for years now. This year was no exception.
Here, a few favorite photos from Sochi this evening (or should that be Sotchi en français?).
PHOTO via Reuters: Fireworks over the Olympic Park during the opening ceremony of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics pic.twitter.com/5omCagbFX8
— ABS-CBN News Channel (@ANCALERTS) February 7, 2014
Go Team UK! Even if Princess Anne doesn’t seem too impressed
Here’s @TeamGB‘s @Jonnyboy77 flying the flag in the #Sochi 2014 Olympic Stadium: pic.twitter.com/lrLQgrSI2Y
— UK Sport (@uk_sport) February 7, 2014
Princess Anne watches the Olympic opening ceremony with her nose in a book – http://t.co/fNCpa0GdZd #bbcsochi pic.twitter.com/IFWjtn2uya
— HuffPost UK (@HuffPostUK) February 7, 2014
Go Team Canada!
A happy looking Team Canada at Sochi Olympics #OpeningCeremony More coverage: http://t.co/y31wTZd8hO #Sochi2014 pic.twitter.com/voqdyKULQg
— Globe Olympics (@GlobeOlympics) February 7, 2014
See the Sochi Olympics #OpeningCeremony from the eyes of Canada’s athletes http://t.co/XcWaYcx7gZ #Sochi2014 pic.twitter.com/MjLX4xMXLx
— Globe Olympics (@GlobeOlympics) February 7, 2014
Aha! The Germans are.. rainbow colorful!
Germany’s rainbow outfits for the win http://t.co/U7oRkVQXyK pic.twitter.com/dwOLPjsCmB
— Tony Manfred (@tonymanfred) February 7, 2014
Go Team Norway (by the way, one the world’s greatest donors to landmine clearance, one of my favorite causes)
Sotchi, here we come 👍 #hockeygutta pic.twitter.com/XaVs6lPBdc
— Lars Haugen (@HaugenLars) February 7, 2014
And, of course Los Latinos are also presente in Sochi. It is worth highlighting Mexico, Paraguay and Venezuela, each with ONE athlete in Russia.
Mexican ski racer Hubertus von Hohenlohe shows off his racing suit for the Sotchi Olympics #mariachi pic.twitter.com/xlRCIfWSpM
— Jonas Giæver (@CheGiaevara) January 29, 2014
From Russia with love…
Tolstoy’s ‘War and Peace’ told via the medium of dance #OpeningCeremony #Sochi2014 pic.twitter.com/o9ISU3LdF3
— Sochi 2014 (@Sochi2014) February 7, 2014
And the Olympic flame lives on!
#SOCHI2014 HOT. COOL. YOURS. #OPENINGCEREMONY pic.twitter.com/4LC3iXL862
— Sochi 2014 (@Sochi2014) February 7, 2014
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