Dear Unsealers,

Bonjour from New York City!

As I type this post, the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games is on my screen. After an already busy summer of sport due to UEFA’s Euro 2024 and the Copa America, the main event of the summer has finally arrived.

Seeing the athletes floating along the River Seine is making me nostalgic for the City of Lights. I can’t wait to see the competition to come and all the shots of the city in the next two weeks.

As I tend to do, I wrote a poem to welcome in this event, one that only comes once every four years. Let the games begin!

As the athletes of the world gather in Paris
To open the games of the XXXIII Olympiad

Here’s to the next sixteen days
After the cauldron is dramatically lit

All the stories that will be told
The drama the competitions will bring
With the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat coming full circle

From La Tour Eiffel, crossing the globe to the waves of Tahiti
Visions of France in all it’s splendor

Casting the cynicism of the world aside
For the ideals of sportsmanship that Mr. de Coubertin appealed

In the distance, the Olympic Fanfare is here
Pour dire bienvenue à Paris à tous!