When I got to the Trade Center, I found myself walking around looking for simple playing cards. I looked in 3 or 4 stores then eventually found them after calling Scott for assistance. No sooner did I get off the phone with Scott, I felt a tap on my shoulder. It was Ivan and Oleg. They were in the Trade Center looking to buy beer before heading to my place. Cooool.
I ended up walking around with them for the remainder of my shopping excursion. We went to the grocery and stocked up on snacks, beer and food. We actually spent a lot of time in the beer isle finding the right Russian beer. We also got a lot of these snacks that were basically like "fish jerky". It was basically dehydrated fish (scales and all). They smelled terrible, but were actually "quite interesting" when eaten. :) No really, they weren't that bad after all and I guess it's pretty common to eat this while drinking beer, which was definitely on the agenda.
While at the grocery I ordered some marco polo chicken wraps and rice to eat down before the night began; it was very good. I hadn't really eaten today (besides two cups of yogurt when I woke up) and I wanted to get some food in me before we started drinking. When we got back, I hurried up and ate my food and we got started drinking right away (Russian Tradition). :) While waiting on the rest of our party, I got to see "Cars" the movie in Russian. It was just as funny, maybe funnier. Eventually people started arriving and the fun was increasing with every minute.
I learned how to play "Fool" tonight, which is a Russian card game that involves a lot of explaining. :) By the end of the night though, I understood it pretty good, but there were still little rules here and there that were silently thrown in. After many games of Fool, I tried to show everybody how to play Euchre and it turned into a very confusing ordeal. Perhaps because I was a bit drunk and Julia asked a lot of questions that I had a hard time answering. :) We played about 2 or 3 games then gave up on that. We also had a lot of deep thought about "booger scrapers" and "clouds". :) Too much fun!!
3 comments:
Are you sure they didn't make up "Fool" since you're new to Russia?
I have 1 question though: How does an American in Russia watch the most watched televised sports event of the year? Do they get the superbowl over there? Were you even awake for it?
Wow 1 question turned into 3. I won't tell you who won, just in case you are going to watch it taped, or maybe you don't care at all...
I wondered the same thing, but they assured me it was an old game. :)
Yes, I know who won. I woke up this morning and Jennifer gave me the play by play of the 4th quarter. Go Giants!! :)
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