The first odd thing when we landed in Sochi was the palm trees. Last time I checked this was the Winter Olympics. I left Toronto fifteen - or was it twenty, let's go with twenty - hours ago in yet another snow storm. Many people joked with me that the freezing cold weather and snow was preparing me for Russia. Goes to show you what most people think of when they think of Russia - snow. And what do most people think of when they think of Canada? Probably the same. A bus took a bunch of us to where the media was staying. Row after row of brand new five story apartment style housing. The only problem was the buildings were not entirely finished. We didn't know this yet, but would find out soon enough.