Sotshin kiistellyt ja paljon keskustelua herättäneet olympialaiset alkavat 6.2. lumilautailulla ja taitoluistelulla. Avajaisia vietetään perjantaina 7.2. Journalistit ympäri maailman ovat kirjautuneet sisään paikallisiin hotelleihin ja aiheuttavat Twitterissä hupia twiiteillänsä hotellihuoneistaan. Osa ei ole saanut huonetta ollenkaan ja osan huoneissa ei ole internettiä tai lämmitystä. Vesi ei myöskään ole, mikäli sitä on saatavilla, juomakelpoista. Kaduilla kaivonkannet ovat irrallaan. Ensimmäisenä värikkäistä kokemuksista kertoi Washington Post.
Medialle tarjottuja hotelleja piti olla yhdeksän, mutta vain kuusi niistä on valmiita. Kolme hotellia ovat vielä rakennusvaiheessa. Voinemme siis spekuloida sitä, onko Sotshi todella vielä edes valmis järjestämään olympialaisia, mikäli tilanne on päivää ennen kisojen alkamista tällainen. Katso alla olevista twiiteistä millaisissa oloissa journalistit tekevät töitään tällä hetkellä.
This is the one hotel room @Sochi2014 have given us so far. Shambles. #cnnsochi pic.twitter.com/RTjEkmyan3
— Harry Reekie (@HarryCNN) February 4, 2014
CNN booked 11 rooms in one @Sochi2014 media hotel five months ago. We have been here for a day and only one room is available. #cnnsochi
— Harry Reekie (@HarryCNN) February 4, 2014
Still waiting for "preparations" on hotel room to finish. Hoping they're origami-folding toilet roll, rather than, say, putting the roof on.
— Shaun Walker (@shaunwalker7) February 4, 2014
I have a room! No heating or internet, but it has a (single) bed at least…
— Shaun Walker (@shaunwalker7) February 4, 2014
Got back to hotel. Lift broken after half day in use. Trekked up stairs. Door to my floor (that'd be the fire door) locked. Utter farce.
— Shaun Walker (@shaunwalker7) February 4, 2014
Water main break means no water at our hotel in #Sochi. Could take awhile to fix. #CTVSochi
— Rosa Hwang (@RosaHwangCTV) February 3, 2014
The reception of our hotel in #Sochi has no floor. But it does have this welcoming picture. pic.twitter.com/8isdoBuytl
— Kevin Bishop (@bishopk) February 4, 2014
Very interesting discussions about whether we have a hotel room only take seven people to resolve. Well spotted, Maxim.
— Bruce Arthur (@bruce_arthur) February 2, 2014
@bruce_arthur Hotel issues have been happening to a lot of people. Left out on the street, you risk being poisoned or trapped like the dogs.
— Wayne Chow (@wayne_chow) February 2, 2014
Miss you, hot water in my hotel. You were great.
— Bruce Arthur (@bruce_arthur) February 4, 2014
People have asked me what surprised me the most here in Sochi. It's this. Without question … it's … THIS. pic.twitter.com/1jj05FNdCP
— Greg Wyshynski (@wyshynski) February 4, 2014
Ok, so my hotel doesn't have a lobby yet.
— Mark MacKinnon (@markmackinnon) February 4, 2014
For those of you asking, when there's no lobby in your hotel, you go to the owner's bedroom to check in. #Sochi2014
— Mark MacKinnon (@markmackinnon) February 4, 2014
My hotel has no water. If restored, the front desk says, "do not use on your face because it contains something very dangerous." #Sochi2014
— Stacy St. Clair (@StacyStClair) February 4, 2014
Water restored, sorta. On the bright side, I now know what very dangerous face water looks like. #Sochi #unfiltered pic.twitter.com/sQWM0vYtyz
— Stacy St. Clair (@StacyStClair) February 4, 2014
Also on the bright side: I just washed my face with Evian, like I'm a Kardashian or something.
— Stacy St. Clair (@StacyStClair) February 4, 2014
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
— katiebakes (@katiebakes) February 4, 2014
Congrats to @Dave_Schwartz only media personality who's arrived in Sochi with a hotel room that's ready, with doorknob that doesn't fall off
— Ryan Stanzel (@rstanzel) February 4, 2014
Watch your step @Sochi2014 — I've noticed on walkway and on sidewalks that not all man holes are always covered. pic.twitter.com/a5Nv4wu5iA
— Jo-Ann Barnas (@JoAnnBarnas) February 1, 2014
Lisäys 14:44: Juttuun lisätty linkki alkuperäiseen Washington Postin lähteeseen.
