Now everyone’s heard about the twin toilet.

What everyone said: The money for the partition was stolen/the builders were drunk/those crazy Russians.

What we say: Before, only ladies who went to trendy clubs had the joys of twobicles. Sochi is simply defying gender stereotypes and giving men the opportunity to socialize in/on/around the loo.

Bonus: The Olympic toilet that dreams are made of, with an inspiring panorama, built-in skis and, look – an intact doorknob! 

The canteen signs in “English”

What everyone said: Well, there’s not really much to say, except “tongue in test” and “cake in ass”.

 

What we say: Sochi encourages you to think outside the box. Will that tongue get through that test? And if there are cakes in ass, surely this must be the happiest place on earth?

Bonus: Apply your lateral thinking to this sign:

The “dangerous face water”

What everyone said: Water in hotels is either not there or is… yellow

What we say: Frankly, why bother with water when there is this?

Bonus: 1.5 liters of gin&tonic for 6 dollars. Win.

And some under-reported Sochi news

The Jamaican bobsleigh team has lost its two-man their bob. It went missing en route to Sochi. We’re not too worried though, we’ve seen Cool Runnings. Everything will work out fine. 

Opening ceremony goss from Forbes magazine: the Olympic mascots “will emerge on a strange scooter-bicycle-snowboard hybrid. The bear will wave his paw and beam sunnily, the Leopard will wear a predatory grin, while the giant Hare will smile seductively, winking at the spectators”. Mmm, seductive, winking Hare.

Rest assured, Bears&Vodka will be keeping its paws on the Sochi pulse. Stay tuned!

No.

It’s a bus stop unlike anything you’ve ever seen. A Soviet bus stop. A study in bizarre. Striking the delicate balance between modern art and clinical insanity, they adorn the wasteland in places you’d never expect.

   

Photos by Chris Herwig

On Nov. 28—29 2013 Ukraine was to sign an agreement to form an alliance with the European Union, a part of Ukraine’s long-anticipated initiative to become Euro-integrated. The agreement, however, never came to be, as the government of Ukraine put the process on hold about a week prior. So, come Saturday Nov.30, the folk of Kiev gathered in protest.

   

Radical protesters stormed and secured Kiev’s City Administration :

And attacked the President’s administration headquarters:

At one point, the protesters used a road scraper to crush the police barricades.

As of early Monday Dec.2, the riots in Kiev are under way.