July first I flew to Baku from Batumi via Azerbaijan Air. I spent the night in the Baku Fly Inn, a magnificent hotel located on the same property as the airport. It was extremely elegant and very quiet even though it is right in an airport. You can’t hear the noise inside.
The next morning early, I flew to Moscow via the same airline.
I took a taxi from Moscow to my hotel in Tula.
We had a devil of a time finding the hotel. The map showed it next to the stadium. We drove around the stadium twice and didn’t see any hotel. The driver asked several passers by and the third one explained that the hotel was inside the stadium located under the bleachers. It’s a very large football stadium and they obviously didn’t need all the space for locker rooms. A hotel makes good sense. Visiting teams have a place to stay right in the same building where they play.
A big shout out to the people who follow me. Unfortunately I’ve had to leave Russia. It became impossible to receive any funds from the US. I am currently living in Batumi, Georgia.
This is my family in the living room of my apartment in Kimovsk, Russia. I am a disabled Vietnam veteran. Seventy six years of age. My son Aleksandr (left), and my granddaughter Dasha (center) look in on me. Here, I had hoped to live out my retirement years.
