VainGlorious wrote:

On Thu, 5 Jul 2007 19:36:52 +0100, Gerald Oliver Swift
wrote:

http://www.olympic.org/uk/news/olymp...uk.asp?id=2221

That's right, Sochi - on the Black Sea, where :-

"The resort has a warm climate, averaging +7 °C (44.6 °F) in January and
February, and boasts many sanatoria and mineral baths. There are also tea
plantations, the most northerly in Europe. Sochi attracts vacation-goers
with its subtropical vegetation, numerous parks, monuments, and extravagant
Stalinist architecture".

Have I missed something here?
Has the IOC missed something here?

Nothing they have missed, comrade!

Merely they have acknowledged superior choice of resort city of
glorious Russian empire! All visitors will for themselves see superior
lifestyle of worker's paradise! Only the finest vodka and hotel room
of supreme efficiency!

Apparently, the IOC were also very impressed with Putin's (rather good)
English!

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