I heard the announcer say that Boccelli lives in Tuscany ... a place I would dearly love to see.
Thanks so much for starting the Olympic threads. They've been great. See you in four years!
Well, I accidentally saw part of a repeat of the closing during the overnight period and ha ha on me. I was watching, then looking away, reading the thread, then looking back at the TV, during the first time around.
Ha - it just happened that I was not looking during the times they showed that Boccelli was actually in the stadium - and the couple of times I looked at him (I was more intent on *listening* than watching), were the handful of times he was shown against a neutral type background that didn't reveal the crowds or any of the stadium backdrop.
Too funny on the timing of that, when the anncr was saying he comes to us from Tuscany. I had no idea he was there in the stadio, as I had not seen any shots that showed that. Total misunderstanding on my part, until I saw the whole thing in the repeat.
Same with the dousing of the flame. I had not been looking when they did it the first time and completely missed it. Then, in the repeat, I saw the retired gold medalist skier who was dressed up as one of the groomless brides (how humiliating was that? - unless it's some type of honor there or something) go up and douse her calla lily, which extinguished the big flame. As Peggy Lee would say ... if that's all there is, my friend, then let's keep dancing ...
Arrividerci, Torino!