London Olympic Victory Parade 2012: Photos

Although I wasn’t able to participate on the ground in any of the London Olympic Victory Parade celebrations, I had a pretty great view from my office here in London. The parade was to honor Team GBs Olympic and Paralympic Athletes.

Red Arrows stream across the sky leaving a trail of red, white & blue.

The Victory Parade was the largest free event of the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics and news agencies estimated somewhere between 250,000 and 300,000 people turned out to watch the parade. I am glad I was perched high above in my office looking outward given these scenes

Closed and Crowded Streets (photograph taken by and published with permission of a colleague)

The energy in the city was electric and even in the office I could feel the excitement. When the Red Arrows flew over everyone peered out the windows. When the British Airways Airbus emblazoned with the words “Thank You” on its belly flew by people snapped photos (after all, we all travel a lot and love the airbus.)

This was definitely an exciting time to be in London and I’m glad I got to see the parade from afar. I wish I had been able to see some of the Olympic games or Paralympic games, but this was a business trip and work was the priority. I will blog about the weekend I spent here and the close-encounter I had with Lady Gaga and the BBC Radio 2 Concert I attended in Hyde Park tomorrow.

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