Olympic Opening ceremony watch along

[Theremedy]

I can’t see a thread yet but please do point me in the right direction if there is one!

Anyone else watching? It’s all kicking off at 6:30pm, apparently with the athletes parade first.

London 2012 OC was remarkable, I’m hoping the French can match that magic!

The USA will have a cruise liner

Can somebody explain why South Korea are in the "C's"?

We're in France, working through the countries in alphabetical order in French

Sir Keir as bemused as the rest of us.

Does anyone know why Cleopatra and the other women are half-sunk in the Seine?

Is Rafa on the boat??

So we're in the Es - we're clearly going by 'surnames' with United Arab Emirates under E, South Africa under A etc. Odd

Gosh the Spanish boat is full to bursting.

The tide is in?

Why has Eswatini got a boat that is barely seaworthy!

Only on E and already half a bottle of Crémant down! And this Brillat Savarin isn’t going to last the distance.

Are they by the Louvre?

No, it's alphabetical in French - Afrique du Sud, Union des Emirates Arabes etc...

I'm too anxious about a boat going over.

Anyone would think they only had 4 French composers, Hazel. Why not blast them with a bit of Turangalila? That'd put lead in their pencil.

It's in French so Afrique Sud ...

In French alphabetical order.

We're wondering the same. It didn't look safe at all.

Those boats are really lurching now!

South Africa is "Afrique du Sud"

For the best I have no athletic ability because I would be throwing up off the back of the boat!

Oh that poor pianist is doing so well in that rain!

The Finns are nails. They don’t need ponchos.

Fijian flag-bearers must be freezing.

Woman from eswatini looking like she was going overboard there.