I'm not just in the Village.... I'm in HEAVEN!

Ok first things first... Andrea came up with the title of the post so I give her all the credit for that, but I do like it so much that I have been telling everyone that!  We moved into the Olympic Village yesterday and it is incredible!  We are living in apartments, each holds 6 people (3 rooms of 2, a common room, and 2 bathrooms--one of which has an enormous shower inside!).  We all (meaning the entire population of athletes at the Olympics, which is about 10,000) eat in a GIGANTIC cafeteria!  It is an enormous tent about the size of 2 football fields and it contains free McDonald's (good old sponsor) and a plethora of other foods, including a giant salad bar, pizza, pasta, asian cuisine, etc.  The food has been wonderful so far along with the facility as a whole.  The apartments are wonderful, the landscaping is incredible, and the international zone (which is a collection of shops and general stores such as a post office, mini mart, etc.) is spectacular!  Beyond the buildings though, this is just a phenomenal place to be surrounded by the best of the best athletes in a huge variety of sports.  Today alone I met (and took pictures with) Nadal, the Wimbledon champ, and Misty May and Kerri Walsh, the USA sand volleyball team.  SO COOL!  Well i have to run, but more to come (and maybe even some pictures..... I just have to figure out what is allowed because there are very strict blogging restrictions with regard to pictures).