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    Mark MacKinnon‏Verified account @markmackinnon 4 Feb 2014

    For those of you asking, when there's no lobby in your hotel, you go to the owner's bedroom to check in. #Sochi2014

    6:03 AM - 4 Feb 2014
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      1. Awesomely Luvvie‏Verified account @Luvvie 4 Feb 2014
        Replying to @markmackinnon

        DEAD RT @markmackinnon For those of you asking, when there's no lobby in your hotel, you go to the owner's bedroom to check in. #Sochi2014

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      1. Kat Tancock‏ @kattancock 4 Feb 2014
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        @markmackinnon but did you get to look at any photo albums or have a drink?

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      2. Jordan Pouille‏Verified account @jordanpouille 4 Feb 2014
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        @markmackinnon hello ! may I ask how much you will be charged per night ?

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      3. Sunny‏ @Takhar77 4 Feb 2014
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        @jordanpouille I would guess that the newspaper would pick up the tab for him.

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      4. Jordan Pouille‏Verified account @jordanpouille 4 Feb 2014
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        @Takhar77 I hope so

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      2. BCrawdaddy‏ @BCrawford70 4 Feb 2014
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        @markmackinnon So, how did this place get the Olympics? I'm sure bribes weren't involved.

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      1. Альмира Саляхова‏ @AlmiraSalyahova 12 Feb 2014
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        @markmackinnon

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      1. Kevin Kirkpatrick‏ @K_Kirkpatrick 8 Feb 2014
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        @markmackinnon @SochiProblems hopefully he wasn't busy when you checked in!

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      1. Geoffrey Mabe‏ @geoffmabe 7 Feb 2014
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        LOL! > “@markmackinnon: For those of you asking, when there's no lobby in your hotel, you go to the owner's bedroom to check in. #Sochi2014”

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      1. Tracy - Dr. T‏ @Firey_Peach 6 Feb 2014
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        @markmackinnon Did he answer the door with an open bath robe & a salami? Don't ask. Bad trick or treating experience as a kid. #Sochi2014

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      1. Garage Gym 702‏ @GarageGym702 6 Feb 2014
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        @markmackinnon We have hotels like that in Nevada only here it is clean and you are guaranteed to be happy you came.

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      1. rich kim‏ @mushedroom 6 Feb 2014
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        @markmackinnon @SochiProblems Ew Ew Ew. Please don't say he greeted you in Butt huggers and a wife beater

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      1. Berrin Sevil Kazancı‏ @BerrinSKazanci 6 Feb 2014
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        @SochiProblems @markmackinnon :Do u use the hotel owner's bathroom for shower nd kitchen for dinner? :) #ignominy of #Russia #Sochi2014

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      1. Naja pallida‏ @naja_pallida 6 Feb 2014
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        @markmackinnon @SochiProblems It's only bad when the owner invites you back to his bedroom to "pay" for your stay.

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      1. Johnny Canucklehead‏ @JCanucklehead 6 Feb 2014
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        @markmackinnon @SochiProblems "Is B&B, Round Eyes. You know have in your decadent West?" #SochiProblems

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      1. Jerzy‏ @ata_pin 6 Feb 2014
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        @markmackinnon @SochiProblems you`ll get a room only through my bedroom, honey

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      1. Tova Kaufman‏ @Chxface 6 Feb 2014
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        @markmackinnon @SochiProblems that's sooo weird

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