Torch begins first leg of its journey
(NEWSER) - The Olympic flame has been lit and is on its 1,800-mile journey around Greece before it makes its way to London next week. A “high priestess” (read: actress) ignited the flame by catching the sun’s rays in a mirror at a ceremony in Olympia’s Temple of Hera ruins. It then briefly went out, but was relit and transferred to the first torchbearer, Greek swimmer Spyros Gianniotis, at the ancient Olympic Games stadium, the BBC reports. More»
