Olympic games

I'm a big fan of the Olympics. Unfortunately, for the past three sets of games, I've found myself in a foreign country where people pay little to no attention to them: Jordan in 2010, and Peru in 2012 and 2014. So naturally, when one of my sitemates proposed holding our own olympic games as part of world map class, I jumped at the chance to get into the olympic spirit. Since the continent of the week was Europe, each of the four teams of students had to choose a European country to represent. They ended up with Spain, France, Portugal, and Greece. In our Peruvian games, there were four events, none of which could be characterized as a "winter" game (sorry, Sochi): relay race, water balloon toss, soccer tournament, and one-footed chain race.

Soccer: Greece vs. Portugal, with Linnea refereeing

One-footed chain race: I somehow captured the teams' most successful instant on film - they were usually falling all over the place and having to start over

Our final olympic event was the medal ceremony, complete with prizes, podium, and olympic hymn (overall points only, not on a per-event basis). In another slight variation from official policy, we had not only gold, silver, and bronze, but also blue ribbons of participation for the 4th-place team. At the end of the day, Spain went home with gold medals, followed by Portugal, France, and a last-place Greece. But all teams were quite pleased with the fun and candy treats enjoyed by all :)

Awarding silver medals to Portugal

The final four-tiered "podium," plus we three PCVs