I attended the Olympics as a regular person. Here's what the surprisingly easy and cheap experience was like.

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Author and her husband at Olympic soccer match smiling
My husband and I attended one of the games of the Summer Olympics in France.

Agnes Groonwald

I attended 5 Olympic events as a regular fan. Here's what surprised me the most.

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Agnes poses with a surprised smile in front of a statue of the Olympic rings in Paris.
I attended five events at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Agnes Groonwald

Paris' River Seine is so polluted that Olympic athletes weren't allowed to swim in it

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The Eiffel Tower behind the Seine River on July 30, 2024.
World Triathlon said the men's triathlon would move back a day, to July 31, 2024, to give pollution in the Seine a chance to subside.

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Olympic Sabotage Continues: Someone Cut French Phone Lines Overnight

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France put its own unique spin on the Olympic cauldron — here's why the ceremonial moment is such a big deal for fans

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Paris Olympics 2024 Olympic cauldron
The 2024 Paris Olympic cauldron was set alight on Friday during the opening ceremony.

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French infrastructure was targeted for a 2nd time during the Olympics, with internet and phone cables cut across the country

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Maintenance workers and police inspect wires at the side of a pebbled railway track.
French maintenance workers and police inspect a damaged railway line after "coordinated" arson attacks caused travel disruption on Friday. On Monday, attacks on the country's internet infrastructure were reported.

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Olympic athletes get stuck after sabotage shuts down French trains

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A woman looks at an information screen as passengers wait for their train departures at the Bordeaux-Saint-Jean train station in Bordeaux, western France on July 26, 2024, as France's high-speed rail network was hit by an attack disrupting the transport system, hours before the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
A woman looks at an information screen as passengers wait for their train departures at the Bordeaux-Saint-Jean train station

French High-Speed Rail Network Sabotaged Ahead of the Olympics

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Parisian Airbnb hosts are raking it in this summer as hotels suffer

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Apartments near the Eiffel tower in Paris, France.
Apartments near the Eiffel tower in Paris, France.

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This French aerospace company is trying to lure US SpaceX workers after Elon Musk said he would relocate the company from California to Texas — and it may be working

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Space X sign in Boca Chica, Texas, in March 2024.
Elon Musk said he plans to move SpaceX from California to Texas.

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