The Bird's Nest and Water Cube were 2 of the coolest building designs, especially the lighting elements of them,  I remember from an Olympics! This was the summer we all met Michael Phelps and Call me Maybe was a huge hit, and I could help singing it as we strolled  the grounds. The village was used again partial with the Winter Olympics in 2022 and that was the introduction of Mascots   Shuey Rhon Rhon for Paralympics and Bing Dwen Dwen ( both below).