Swetlana Sochi

... The road went through eight tunnels with there being only a single road to the Olympic site. Another road as well as a railway line which will take visitors to the mountain site in 27 minutes is being built by Italian engineers. Our guide Anna was starting work as an interpreter with them the following day. She was telling us how people find money hard to come by in Sochi and need to do two jobs to make ends meet with a single roomed flat costing US ...

... together. I'd forgotten that, "People drink because they want to do the things they don't feel free to do sober." - J.Breen philosophy I was stronger the second time I saw her. In response to the story of her recent broken heart, I told her "Love" is just a negative feeling that comes from loss. I detailed my nomadic love life, saying that dancing with someone can be an expression of romance. She agreed with me. And she told me to keep in ...

... learn to greet tourists with at least a smile if nothing else. A couple of people we were with saw two policemen nearby and told us they were going to ask to take a photo with them. One policeman walked away when he saw our friend coming and the other refused to have his photo taken. See what I mean? Doesn't take much to be nice. I can imagine it would be a pretty place in winter as the mountains are visible from the port.

... but it doesn't really show much of the town. Today is a day at Sea. These days are quite boring because there are so many guests onboard that we can't really use any of the guest facilities, so I end up working most of the day. Tonight Verne Lundquist from CBS Sports is the entertainment so I might go watch that for a lack of something better to do. I have put pictures from Kusadasi and Yalta up. Take Care,