Where are you, Sochi?

After a month of the wintry Olympic experience, I am ready for some regular television hours. But as the exciting winter event draws to a close, I am left wondering about something. Where is Sochi? First of all, how does one start wondering about Sochi anyway? During the live televised closing ceremony (with many commercial breaks) of the 2010 Vancouver games, the Olympic flag is passed on to its next host city, Sochi. Since Russia accepted the flag from Canada, I know that Sochi has to be in Russia and is probably cold (it is in Russia after all and is going to host the 2014 Winter Olympic Games). With these information in hand, I travel the Internet for the location of this place. It turns out that Sochi is a resort city in Krasnodar Krai ("Krai" refers to nine of Russia's 83 federal subjects and is similar to a territory or province), Russia, on the the shores of the Black Sea with the Caucasus Mountains close by. What a nice place for the next Winter Olympic!

The red region is Krasnodar Krai, where Sochi is located.

(Picture from http://www.squidoo.com/2014-Sochi)