Olympic flame reaches Fuzhou

Today, the Olympic flame also passed through Fuzhou. It was a great day for this event: sunny, a blue sky and around 25C with a little breeze.
The event drew big crowds. Already around 5 A.M. 10.000 people had gathered on "Wu-YI square" from which the 28km walk with the flame would start. Anywhere near the route, the traffic was thick.

In total 208 people ran a distance of arond 200m with the flame. The oldest 'runner' was 94 years old!

At the moment, there is a lot of positive excitement about the Olympics here, for a while already.
Today, we saw many people with a small Chinese flag sticker on their cheeks, small flags on their cars or in the garden of their houses.

And even the Carrefour has become extra careful and supportive after the recent protests against the supermarket giant. On a banner over the entry of the Carrefour closest to our house it was written in Chinese "Cheerio, China, another 89 days!".

Besides the Olympic flame, also the Olympic fever has reached Fuzhou.