This is the one hotel room @Sochi2014 have given us so far. Shambles. #cnnsochi pic.twitter.com/RTjEkmyan3
The reception of our hotel in #Sochi has no floor. But it does have this welcoming picture. pic.twitter.com/8isdoBuytl
My hotel has no water. If restored, the front desk says, "do not use on your face because it contains something very dangerous." #Sochi2014
Water restored, sorta. On the bright side, I now know what very dangerous face water looks like. #Sochi #unfiltered pic.twitter.com/sQWM0vYtyz
Late to the party but this light fixture crashed a foot from my bed on second night in #Sochi media hotel. pic.twitter.com/rhuchVmy3i
People have asked me what surprised me the most here in Sochi. It's this. Without question ... it's ... THIS. pic.twitter.com/1jj05FNdCP
For those of you asking, when there's no lobby in your hotel, you go to the owner's bedroom to check in. #Sochi2014
Fellow journo: Colleague lost hotel room key. Hotel did not have copy. So instead of giving a new key, they removed the whole door.
To anyone in Sochi: I am now in possession of three light bulbs. Will trade for a door handle. This offer is real: pic.twitter.com/7AeesqDi8Y
Made new pal from La Presse as we struggled to find hotel. When we got to our (temporary) rooms his doorknob came off in hand #roadtosochi
Update from #Sochi2014 barracks: Arrived back at my room and found door like this: (Clue: I didn't leave it that way) pic.twitter.com/ey5tacsMqc- Oh well. At least there's the food, right? Right??
What's for breakfast, Sochi? Tinned peas and marmalade? Mmmmm pic.twitter.com/JLIls7jQne- Gross conditions aside, Washington Post staffer Carlos Lozada put all of this in a bit of perspective:
I wonder how veteran war correspondents feel about the woes of the poor #Sochi reporters: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/02/04/journalists-at-sochi-are-live-tweeting-their-hilarious-and-gross-hotel-experiences/ …- And then there's this:
Vladimir Putin visited the Persian Leopard Breeding and Rehabilitation Centre http://bit.ly/1aYWkrd pic.twitter.com/jJQjl73dgJ
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Hotel horrors for Olympic journalists in Sochi
Billions of dollars have been poured into the Olympic Village and infrastructure in Sochi prior to the Winter Games, but journalists are finding just plain awful conditions in hotels as they arrive. Here are some of their more hilarious tweets: (h/t Washington Post)
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