Bird's Nest

Remember when Beijing hosted the Olympics in 2008?  Remember the opening ceremonies?  Remember the fireworks shooting out of the stadium they dubbed the Bird's Nest?  We got to see the Bird's Nest, minus the fireworks and the thousands of Chinese people dancing and drumming in the center.  Actually, we only got to see the outside.  Sadly, it looks better in pictures than it does in person.  Up close it kinda looks plasticy.  And so did the aquatic center.  Perhaps it would have looked better at night, which we weren't fortunate enough to do.  It was just a cool experience to have gone there since it was so iconic during the Olympics.