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NRaleighLiberal

(61,841 posts)
Wed Feb 5, 2014, 11:33 AM Feb 2014

Re the Sochi "digs" - this could get really amusing in the coming days... [View all]

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/olympics/media-reports-sochiproblems-olympic-village-article-1.1602530

From Sochi, journalists report Winter Olympics woes: poor conditions and ongoing construction

"Don't flush the toilet, don’t drink the water and don’t expect a good night’s sleep.

These are just some of the bizarre problems guests and athletes can expect at Russian President Vladimir Putin’s Winter Olympics in Sochi.

With just days to go before the opening ceremony, the seaside city is a bit of a five-ring circus.

For example, some journalists found this advice in their bathrooms: “Please do not flush toilet paper down the toilet! Put it in the bin provided.”

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read it all - lots of good tweets and tidbits included!

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