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?

It's nearer to permanent snow (in the Caucasus) than almost any other
city of comparable size in the world.


Has the IOC missed something here?

Maybe that its transport links are crap and it's next door to Europe's
longest-running war of independence (in Abkhazia). But I suppose just
about nobody but TV crews watches the Winter Olympics anyway.

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