• Sochi Day 2 or Game Day minus 1

    June 25, 2018 in Russia ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C

    It's the hat.
    Is that an Australian hat one young Peruvian supporter asked me. Yes and its made of kangaroo hide. Wow!
    View from the cafe where I met Urgi and Katrine who recognised me from the overnight train and said hullo.
    Another young couple Mishe and Olga who we met on the beach and wanted to know if we liked Russia.
    My basic Russian and his basic English established who we were, where we lived, where we had been in Russia and how much we liked Sochi and Russia.
    Again the young people are keen to engage and ask our opinion of their country and very aware of western media opinion.
    The fish and the feet thing.
    Children's playground to the sound of 'Once I saw a fish alive' in English.
    And sunset
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