WATER CUBE!!!!!!!!!

I DON'T HAVE A VOCABULARY TO DESCRIBE THE FEELING YOU GET WHEN YOUR WITHIN A BLOCK OF THIS VENUE, LET ALONE NEXT TO IT OR INSIDE IT!! AS we approach the water cube, everyone on our buses jaw was dropped at the size and structure of it. We had to take a minute to stare before even taking pictures of it. And on top of this across the street was a building that had tv screens that were monstrous, not just one but several. i would say that the biggest one was probably 6-8 stories high and probably the same width. As we got out of the bus and walked along side the mote that surrounds the outside of the cube everyone was still at a loss of words. Even though we did not have training time in the competition pool, just the warm up pool, we all walked in to see what it looked like. It looked like a college football stadium. The size of the building makes the pool look like a 25 meter pool rather than a 50 meter pool. The stands that i counted are very steep and go up the the ceiling. The pool itself holds 14,000 people which is expected to be sold out!!! Everything about the facility is first class, a swimmers paradise for sure.
After we practiced it was dark out and the cube was lite up on the outside. Just when i thought that i had seen it all, they added this amazing light show to top it. The entire shell of the cube alternates colors starting with blue to purple to red. Next to the cube is the birds nest which is also lite up and looking amazing. After taking a look at the birds nest, i decided i would have to be mental to not attend opening ceremonies there. I can't wait until tomorrow when we get to train in the competition pool!!