I decided to take this photo from the walkway between the road outside our apartment. I've mentioned before on this blog that the road has 16 lanes and so it sees its fair share of traffic, including cop cars, so I thought it best to take my passport with me just in case.

Well, sure enough five minutes later a cop car pulls up along side me and uses its loudspeaker to ask me something. What I'm not sure because I find those things absolutely impossible to understand, but I'm guessing it was 'hey you, what the hell are you photographing?'. I replied in my best Russian that 'I'm sorry I don't understand, I'm not Russian' and proceeded to undo my jacket so I could get my passport out.

What happened next was a Christmas miracle. They shouted in broken English, 'ah ok, no problem. Happy new year!' and drove off with a smile.

I love this place sometimes.

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