The Sochi Survival Kit

Sochi, Sochi, Sochi. What are we going to do with you? The Winter Olympic Games officially got underway today and the buzz on on accomodations is not improving. #SochiProblems has it's own twitter feed now. According to the media reports and Twitter updates, we've got spy cams in bathrooms, bathrooms without plumbing, a bunch of other really unnerving toilet-related problems, rooms without doorknobs, surprise early morning fire alarms, the plight of those poor Sochi stray dogs, and a general sense of cement-blocks-and-bare-lightbulbs austerity. So what do you do? Pack well, is what you do, and look on the bright side. It's the Olympics, after all! Here's seven essentials to turn Sochi into Spring Break. — Charlotte Rudge