We've read about the unfinished hotels journalists are staying in, the yellow water they have to (not) drink, and the fact that the have to use chairs as desks to file their stories.
The athletes, however, are living it up in the Olympic village and already having a lot of fun. While their rooms are pretty plain, they are at least finished, and there are tons of other fun perks involved.
Goofing off in the hallways of the dormitories (notice how they are finished):
I roll deep in the coastal village! @Sochi2014 @JazmineFenlator @JamieGreubel @lolojones pic.twitter.com/ULhBDzzpgd
- Elana Meyers (@eamslider24) January 31, 2014
All the athletes have access to bikes they can ride around the village:
Checking out the Olympic Park with my biker gang @BrittanyBowe @sugarmotion @hlynnrichardson @EmScott89 @USOlympic pic.twitter.com/iTXNP0y5RU
- Alyson Dudek (@alydudek) February 5, 2014
Some are trying out fun ways to ride:
They get to catch up with old friends:
Standard "@sugarmotion: We used to hang out at Six Flags Great America. Now we hang out at the Olympics. @alydudek pic.twitter.com/sujJgXvz58"
- Alyson Dudek (@alydudek) February 5, 2014
And make plenty of new friends too:
Made some new #teamUSA friends today at Olympic processing in Munich. That was crazy, we just got so much cool gear! pic.twitter.com/e89accXBC3
- Brita Sigourney (@britasig) February 5, 2014
The views in the village are beautiful:
Gorgeous sunset in #sochi during our #teamcanada flag raising ceremony! #wearewinter pic.twitter.com/aYj8HzOPBs
- Team Jennifer Jones (@TeamJJonesCurl) February 5, 2014
Some of the athletes even have views like this from their rooms:
Inside the village complexes there are plenty of free snacks:
Goodnight from #sochi2014 day 1. Nothing like a snack from home in athletes lounge before bed! #wearewinter pic.twitter.com/HOQVy24dwY
- Hayley Wickenheiser (@wick_22) February 1, 2014
A recreational room with games like ping pong:
@martinhaven ping pong amazing new tech in the rec center @KyleTress @MattAntoine pic.twitter.com/EfNYI8mB1I
- Tuffield Latour (@tuffylatour) February 3, 2014
And Rambo:
#rambo enough said pic.twitter.com/936SzbAue3
- benjamin thomsen (@BenjaminThomsen) February 3, 2014
Of course there is McDonald's:
A lot of athletes really looking forward to this opening tomorrow... pic.twitter.com/ct0VAcJtSG
- Stuart McMillan (@StuartMcMillan1) February 2, 2014
Goofy Olympics Rings photos are always a must:
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