eurovision and more

so russia finally won eurovision, after coming close for several years in a row and watching several neighbouring countries win.
i cnant say i am a huge eurovision fan, although i attended in 2003 (or was it 2002?) in Estonia. but i will be curious to see how the russian authorities manage to arrange such an event, since the recent chelsea- man u football match revealed certain drawbacks to hosting events in moscow: there are very few hotel rooms in general, and those that exist tend to be in luxury business hotels aimed at guys with expense accounts, not tourists. furthermore, russian hotels tend to dramatically raise prices when they know many foreigners will be in town. and then the visa issue....
i might even be about next year for moscows eurovision moment.
sadly, my time working in the bookshop is coming to an end, after over a year and a half of working with endless amounts of fiction, i am moving on. i will be very sad to leave my collegues, many of whom are very cool, and sad as well to leave the books...but economics has forced me to look for better paid ways to spend my time. on my return from south america i sent my CV around, and got offers from the Guardian and from the russian media. i am going with the latter, as it pays better. more on that soon.