connecting me to a transit flight down here to sochi. a number of english-speaking young people on the ground who are meeting you, and even the hoards of russian security forces, many of them dressed up in basically purple snow suits and much friendlier than they are typically, especially with journalists walking around with cameras. so there is a real effort here to try to put a friendly face on what is seen as a flagship project for the prestige of the russian president, vladimir putin, to make guests welcome and feel comfortable here, which is not, again, something that russia is typically known for. as far as other logistics, the trains and so on, there is a lot of controversy swirling around these olympics, the enormous cost, estimated to be the most expensive olympics in history with allegations of corruption that the russian government has denied but it does seem they put