USA House

On the way to another two games of basketball (we're between games
right now) we visted the USA House, a hospitality setup provided by
the USOC - a huge thank you to Anne Cribbs for setting us up with
passes.

The House is a great set up next to the football (soccer) stadium,
with great food, screens all over and free wifi. We have to admit it
was fantastic to eat salad and chicken pot pie. We now stuff ourselves
before any event given the food at all the venues - we owe you all a
picture of the universal menu as it's hilarious.

We just finished one bball game - Greece vs Spain. The fan support for
both teams was incredible. Imagine Greeks and Spainards trying to out
shout each other, loved it. Somehow a group of Greeks were able to
smuggle in a huge drum (two of us can't even get suntain lotion in)
which they pounded throughout the game shouting. At one point they
managed to get the whole arena shouted along. Oh, we have no idea what
we were shouting.

For the basketball fans, Kobe showed up for a while to watch hi
teammate, Pau Gasol lead his team to victory over Greece. We also
learned Pau has a brother Marc who also plays for Spain.

Next up is Argentina (Manu Ginobli of the Spurs) vs Lithuania.

We don't have tickets to the night games including China vs USA. If we
don't score any outside and/or get arrested trying we will head back
to USA House to watch the game.