It was on Thursday, May 10th that the Olympic Flame was lit in Ancient Greece and began an 8-day relay around Greece. On May 18th it will be flown to Great Britain to begin a 70-day journey to it's final lighting at the Opening Ceremonies of the 2012 London Summer Olympic Games!! How exciting! If you'd like to watch a video of the official ceremony -- click on the link below.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2142298/Olympic-Flame-snuffed-Lord-Coe-looks-ancient-Olympia-start-official-London-2012-countdown-suffers-mishap-Greece.html