Archive for January, 2014
Olympic park photos
Multimedia, Olympics 2014 January 22nd, 2014
Coastal cluster Olympic park.
“Bolshoy” ice dome – Men’s hockey arena.
“Fisht” stadium – ceremonies, and football stadium for WC2018.
“Adler arena” – speed skating stadium.
Greeks in Sochi
Other stories January 20th, 2014
Don’t be surprised to see many Greek business names, Greek cousine restaurants, or even meet locals who can speak Greek when you visit Sochi. Especially in Krasnaya Polyana (mountain cluster venues), which was founded by Greek settelers. Sochi, and whole coast of the Black Sea, has very close historical ties to Greece.
A house in Krasnaya Polyana with roof painted as flag of Greece.
Souvlaki is a national Greek food. Its very popular in Sochi, but you won’t normally find it in other Russian cities.
Even McDonalds added Greek sandwitch to their menu in Krasnaya Polyana – Pita Greek.
Great mobile Sochi app
Olympics 2014 January 19th, 2014
Those of you who are planning to come to Sochi for the Winter Olympic games may find “2GIS Sochi” (by DoubleGIS) to be a very useful free mobile app.
