Today at the site of the ancient ruins of the Temple of Hera in Olympia, Greece, the Olympic flame was kindled and will begin its journey to London, where on July 27 it will make its way to the Olympic Stadium in Stratford. Owing to protest spectacles surrounding the torch relay for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, there will be no worldwide relay this time; instead, the flame will take a lap around the Greek countryside before being flown to the UK for its 70-day run up to the Opening Ceremonies. A bit of trivia: an Olympic flame was lit at the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam, but the tradition of the torch relay began with the 1936 Olympics in Berlin.
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