moscow.
an ex soviet block, it had about 64 floors. our rooms were on the 54th. no lift, just narrow concrete stairs. no central heating (the government told them not to turn it on.) the temperature never got above freezing. employees 'running' each floor of the hotel - the usual currencies were drugs or sex. there were no beasts or critters because it was too damn cold, but the place was filthy. the mattresses were filled with corn or something. no running water because the pipes were frozen. the football we went for was called off so got blotto on the vodka, decided to sleep in the hotel foyer because being drunk those stairs just seemed like one step too far. woken up by their armed police who escorted us to the airport but not before rifling through our stuff and cleaning us out of anything that was worth more than 20p.
an ex soviet block, it had about 64 floors. our rooms were on the 54th. no lift, just narrow concrete stairs. no central heating (the government told them not to turn it on.) the temperature never got above freezing. employees 'running' each floor of the hotel - the usual currencies were drugs or sex. there were no beasts or critters because it was too damn cold, but the place was filthy. the mattresses were filled with corn or something. no running water because the pipes were frozen. the football we went for was called off so got blotto on the vodka, decided to sleep in the hotel foyer because being drunk those stairs just seemed like one step too far. woken up by their armed police who escorted us to the airport but not before rifling through our stuff and cleaning us out of anything that was worth more than 20p.