Sochi International Airport is very small
by size and I was expecting to spend a lot of time with the Immigration. It
took only 5 minutes from immigration to baggage collection. Everything was so
close. The immigration officer did not ask me any unnecessary question like
other airports i.e. Heathrow. He just took my passport, stamped it, took a
picture, gave me a piece of paper and that’s it. I was really surprised and
certainly the best Airport experience so far. Very good second impression!!!
I was expecting someone from my team to
meet me at the airport. Surprisingly no one was there to pick me up from the
airport. Was feeling like I am in the middle of nowhere. Anyway asked at the
Sochi 2014 help desk at the airport and explained my situation. They showed me
how to get to my hotel Omega. I was told to take bus B6 from the airport to
Olympic Park and change to WF8 (Work Force 8, Russians call it Wi-Fi 8). Took
B6 to Olympic Park and had to walk 25 minutes to find WF 8. It was really
difficult for me to walk with two luggages. Dropped my hand luggage twice and
broke my laptop. Nice!!!
It was very early morning and very few
people were in the bus. Bus driver dropped me at the last stop. I was really
struggling to explain things in English because most of them were speaking
Russian. Stupid me did not learn a single Russian word. Anyway had to spend
nearly 40 minutes to find my hotel Omega. Checked in at the reception where
they informed me that my roommate is at the room. My roommate was sleeping.
He
woke up and we introduced ourselves. Felt like I will have a good time in
Sochi.
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| My roommate Luka, first morning after the breakfast |
My roommate!!! His name is Luka Lampret and
he is from Slovenia. We decided to go to the dining hall together to have our
breakfast. Wanted to meet my colleagues asap but did not have their numbers so
what I could do is??? Wait for them to contact me!!!
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| Very first Morning after the breakfast, 25/02/2014 |
Stay tuned to find out what happened with
me in Russia………
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To be continued >
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