The hotel next-door

Hi honey I'm at my other home

The IBC is huge and more regal than any I have worked in.  Huge marble corridors.

And the commissary food seems good.

Just hope my luck holds up.

There was a note from NBC saying the hotel is so new, we were the first to stay in these rooms.  We were told to expect power outages, wifi interruptions, no hot water, etc.

Could be worse.  Could be on a Royal Caribbean cruise.

Hi honey I'm home

Well, here we are. My room is so enormous I can't even get it in one frame. It's got to be 25 x 30' there's also a walk-in closet the size of a bedroom and a giant bath with tub and shower. So far this doesn't suck too bad. I'm going to head over to the IBC. Will report more later.

This doesn't look so bad....

Friendly Skies

Here I sit! hobnobbing with crooked business people at the President's club.  Should be boarding soon.  That's our aircraft outside.

I figured out how to spot the NBC peopl in here.  We're the ones wearing sneakers.

Will try and report from the Red Sea tomorrow.

Looking to competition

Just a thought: can't wait to see the Syrian biathlon team at work.

A familiar feeling

All my previous Olympic trips are coming back to me. That last night on Earth feeling. And that's appropriate, since the grainy pictures I've seen sent from over there make it look like a muddy moonscape with snowcapped mountains in the distance. Which is also appropriate since Muddy Moonscape was my first radio name.
I was just looking at my credentials. Just seeing my name in Cryllic might make this all worth it. Plus I get all access, and we're surrounded by all the ice arenas so I can steal off and watch some games and figure skating without needing a ticket.

I just pray the food will not involve Russian caterers.  ( Of course, that is just some ironic American humor, my future gracious hosts.)
I vote for KFC flown in from China. In Beijing there was one on every corner.