I realised that I must be challenged when it comes to counting down consecutive numbers from 1000 to 0. Not for the first time I sensed I was missing a few days in my countdown. It seemed odd that I was somehow into the 500s already. So a quick check back revealed that from one day to the next I changed a 6 to a 5 and, hey presto, from then on the 600s disappeared. I know all of you, my loyal readers, were just too polite to tell me.
To confirm I was still on track I checked with the official tourist portal for Russia 2018, the welcome2018 website. They are at 657, but are ahead by a day with the time difference. The one day discrepancy could be that they are counting until the day before whereas I'm going until the day of the opening match. That's my explanation and I'm sticking with my theory in order to not necessitate another day by day check.
The other thing the welcome2018 website gave me was an idea as to what to do with this countdown, to make it all worthwhile on top of the fun of throwing this out there every night. There is a button on the English version website to "sing in". I'm quite sure they are not auditioning for singing football supporters. I have come across various other examples of questionable English. Seeing as the website is aimed at informing foreign visitors about the practicalities of visiting Russia, I would think legible English would be important. Therefore, I could offer assistance in proof reading all their posts and in return become the official countdown website of Russia 2018.
What a great idea, I say. It has been a long day and I was fishing for ideas as to what to write about today. Maybe I'll re-think it.
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