Nut Grove Hotel Sochi

... examples on the way back to Sochi at one border point with Georgia where the pot-bellied policeman smoked and swaggered and gave hard looks to traffic.<br><br>There was a serpentine line of returning passengers waiting to get on the tenders at the harbour as only one tender was allowed on the dock at a time despite there being plenty of room for more, and once we had finally got back to the ship &#8211; "Welcome home" was our greeting from an officer.

... bangs dropped on her forehead. She wore a black skirt, a blue sweater, and a leopard coat. She had a wonderfully-popping voice. She was, it seemed, too much fun to also be smart. I sat with her, a female friend of hers, and that female friend's boyfriend. And then, the guy opened a bottle of beer and asked if I wanted a drink. Elina also drank, but little. She'd recently had an emotional experience that involved changing boyfriends. She was ...

The first of our eastern block countries. The news about Sochi was that they were waiting to see the outcome of their winter Olympics bid. We heard when we arrived back to Sydney that they were successful in that bid. The only issue I have with that is that they will probably need to have an etiquette crash course as I found them particularly unfriendly. You would imagine if they were practising hosting the Olympics that they ...

Yesterday we were in Sochi, Russia. Sochi is no St. Petersburg. I wasn't able to get off the ship because I don't have a Seaman's Book yet. Apparently I didn't miss much. The weather was rainy and kind of cold, and there is nothing to do in Sochi. It is not a common place for cruiseships to go to, and I think this company is reconsidering going there as a port. I took a few pictures from the ship that I will ...