A JOURNEY NOT ABOVE THREE SEAS. FOR ROUNDZOR...
We have already traveled to Sochi many times, but this was all before the directions to go abroad were opened. And we have traveled with the whole family to many countries from Italy, Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey to Egypt, Israel and Thailand. After seeing all sorts of interesting things there, and most importantly, seeing and feeling their service, we were shocked by what we saw at that time in Sochi. We seem to be in the 70s!
There is nothing of the service, outright rudeness reigns around, the servants are lazy ... just looking where to cut the dough? Children do not care - the main thing for them is there is the sea, everything around is interesting. We tried to organize more excursions of all kinds, so as not to sit still. All together traveled all over the area, once even reached high mountains. The view of the city and the sea from there was amazing! But ... for my wife, it was a real blow.
For a long time she could not come to her senses from everything she saw. She said that she would never go to Sochi again - for any money! Yes, by the way, for the money. We spent a lot more money on this trip than we went to Turkey, Egypt or even Italy! Was it worth it? I think it was worth it - we were at sea, it was great, many interesting meetings.
We saw a lot of sights - is that bad? Difficulties will soon be forgotten, and all good things will remain in memory for many years. As now ... I remembered - and everything is great!
All photos are from the author's family archive.