October 25, 2010 10:49 PM Yakutsk time
Today we went to the airport to pick up Vitya and Lilya. Vitya is Olga’s brother and Lilya is his fiancé. They live in St. Petersburg. If I were going to choose a city in Russia to live in, it would be St. Petersburg. The architecture is spectacular and the overall attitude of the people there is much more relaxed than in Moscow and more modern than Yakutsk.
I was asked to stop filming today by store security while we were in a supermarket. I was filming all the different vodkas available in a single store. I think the store management got nervous because there have been news programs filming stores because of bad food investigations. I am sure the food in this particular store is up to par, but they certainly don’t want to chance bad publicity. Once they realized that I was an American visiting my wife’s family, they cooled down. Anyway, I still got to film the vodka. I will post the video clip soon.
We also made a few calls inquiring about gyms to work out in while I am here. They have some really weird ways of operating their businesses here. If you only go to the gym in the morning hours, it is cheaper than if you attend in the evening hours. Cardio equipment is almost impossible to find. I think we finally found one with a treadmill. One doesn’t dare go for a run in these temperatures, so as bad as I dislike them, I will still have to opt for the treadmill.
Shihan Silasteen has sent word that he is expecting me to come do another seminar at his dojo. He is a traditional Jujitsu master that lives here locally. The guys that came with us in 2006 got to visit his school and will surely remember some of the cool techniques he taught us. Anyway, I am looking forward to meeting up with him again along with several other friends.
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