LONDON: Queen’s Tour Of Duty At The Opening Ceremony

 The long-awaited opening ceremony finally took place at the Olympic Stadium. A lot of Brits watched it from home, wearing clothes with the Union Jack on it. I have to confess that I was a little bit confused right at the beginning, as the whole scene appeared overloaded.

It was not just a stage with one scene, the whole stage included several actions taking place at the same time. The more and more it went on, it finally made sense and the British history, starting with the Industrial Revolution and going on with the invention of the internet, was very impressive, especially the scene when the Queen dived down from a helicopter with James Bond star Daniel Craig, and Mr Bean being involved with the orchestra.

The ceremony was an on-going excitement. I kept asking myself, “what surprise is coming next?” Director Danny Boyle did not miss a thing. Other stars like Muhammed Ali and David Beckham came on stage. It was a very good mixture of history, music, British culture and arts. It basically showed every area which Great Britain is good at and known for.

The Brits sitting next to me seemed to be very proud about this. My friends from home were texting and asking me what the meaning of each scene was. I found that quite funny.

Especially the part showing the NHS, or National Health Service, which would have been for some other countries not as evident as they do not know the concept behind it, nor that British healthcare is free. All in all it was a very original, emotional, stunning and constantly-entertaining show. Well done Great Britain!