Thanks for the informative post. I plan to watch and cheer for our U. S. athletes--politics aside.
On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 6:32 PM, Adrián Herrera <[email protected]> wrote: > And Russia sends gays to jail! hoorrah! > > why are we paying attention to this? I personaly have decided to block > these Olympics. For plain ethical reasons. > > > > > On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 8:28 PM, Eric Rex <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Sochi, Russia, site of this year's Olympics, has a climate unlike any >> other you might find in that country. Nestled against the Black Sea, Sochi >> is known as a Summer vacation paradise, and is one of the few cities in >> Russia with a subtropical climate. >> >> The Crimea is an international place in itself, Russia's neighbors along >> the Black Sea include the Ukraine and Georgia, and many other countries are >> nearby. Sochi reportedly has Russia's longest main street, which stretches >> over 100 km, they say, along the beachfront. The city is incredibly >> narrow, and the other major streets, running out from the seashore, don't >> always connect up one to the other. This has caused logistical questions >> about security concerns and access to medical facilities. >> >> The streets do run up from the sea, and end in the mountains, which >> makes Sochi a great site for the Winter Olympics, some beach, some snow. >> >> We hope to see many new records set in Sochi, best of all, we look >> forward to the Winter sports festival of international brotherhood which is >> the Winter Olympics. >> >> As Always, Eric >> >> http://speedorex.blogspot.com/ >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "omnisport" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/omnisport. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "omnisport" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/omnisport. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "omnisport" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/omnisport. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
