Today is Igor's dad's birthday and so after a late wake up from the late night mosquito blood bath and vodka drinking session, we get up and have breakfast, wish him a happy birthday and drink some water!We also have a walk to the shops with Igor's older brother Dimitri and between the three of us buy his dad a new fishing rod for his birthday, which he is very pleased about.
I also attempt to have a conversation with Igor's little brother Nikolaj, my Russian now consists of about 10 words so the conversation goes no where fast and we resort to the universal form of made up sign language.
I also get talking to Igor's dad today and he shows me his wounds from a grenade in Afghanistan and bullet wounds in his leg from another time. It turns out he was in the Russian version of the SAS and was a Colonel I think. He had his own men and was known to never lose anyone on missions. His knowledge of survival is astounding and he values his training highly, he now teaches survival at the local school. I'm guessing it's similar to having classes at school which are like being taught at the scouts except a lot more in depth and by an SAS Colonel.
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