Two customers embrace at Pub O’Hara in Rosa Khutor, Russia, during the Sochi 2104 Olympic Winter Games.
On Valentine’s Day evening, I got to trade my snow pants and crampons for my “nice jeans” (the ones not covered in mud splatters from the knee down) and the dressy shoes I forgot I packed for an assignment with USA Today on the night life of Russia. Specifically, exploring the night life of Rosa Khutor, the neighborhood myself and many other Olympics journalists as well as athletes are lodging in here in the mountain cluster.
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A view of the full moon behind the Olympic rings at the Laura Cross Country Ski and Biathlon Center during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games.
When we arrived here on the ground in Russia just under two weeks ago, one of the things we were told to keep in mind was the full moon occurring on February 14th. Photographers on our team were encouraged to come up with ideas that would place the moon in some visual context with the Olympics. Of course, the famous Olympics rings are the obvious first choice for this kind of thing.
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James Woods (GBR) during the men’s slopestyle final of the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park.
I really wanted to stay on the blog train daily here at the Winter Olympics, not only for everyone keeping up with my travels, but as a record of this experience for myself later on in life. I must confess, however, that this is the second entry I’m posting a day late. Lack of sleep is taking a toll on not only my day-to-day health, but everyone that I’m working with. To complicate matters, myself and several members of the team have come down with what we’re dubbing, “The Russian Fluuuuuuu.” Cue ominous, foreboding orchestral music, something like Tchaikovsky’s Marche Slave?
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Kaitlyn Farrington (USA) drops in for her second run in the ladies’ half pipe semifinal during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park.
Today landed me back at the Extreme Park for ladies’ halfpipe qualifications and finals. Since I shot the men’s events yesterday from the ground, I decided to get out the crampons and take the long climb up on the deck to get up close and personal with the athletes as they competed.
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