Post #108339 by dogbytes on Sat, Aug 14, 2004 12:12 AM

I love watching the Parade of Nations. The look of pure joy on the athletes’ faces. And so very cool, that this time, they entered in order of the Greek Alphabet and spelled in Greek, so Zimbabwe didn’t have to wait all night for their entry into the arena! Love the native dress, the bold colors (Brazil's lime green blazers!). wow, there's new countries ive never heard of.

drat, missed Tonga and Fiji

my favorites:
**the Greek women who hold the sign of each country ~ those skirts make them look like human bowing pins!
**British Virgin Island’s sole athlete carrying his flag.. and Vanuatu with 2 athletes
**Samoans in lavalavas
**Yao Ming carrying the Chinese Flag so high, he is 7’5” after all!
**Cook Island’s jubilant flag bearer
**Micronesia & Samoa ~ in Aloha Shirts
**Romania ~ the women’s purses ~ were like olympic flames!!

Fashion Faux Pas: ~
See-through women's swimsuits for Britian (but they fixed that.. bummer)
Germany’s odd brown suits
USA’s berets (and all the corporate sponsors emblazoned on the clothes)
Russia’s bland uniforms, they look like flight attendants.
what the hell was Bjork wearing?

let the games begin!