Super-Duper Wacky n' Tacky Euro Adventure

This is from one of his five henchmen following him around with a camera everywhere he went. This didn't end up in any newspapers (I don't see why not!) but the peeps at the world bank were nice enough to save a copy for me. The man to my right is none other than the infamous Sasha Abashkin, director of the Stanford in Moscow Overseas Program. We owe this guy a lot over here and I definitely owe the fact that I even have an internship to his mad hookup skills. These are sort of like num-chuck skills but even better.
Last night I met up with World Champion Sacramento Monarchs Nicole Powell, Tisha (don't know her last name), and another WNBAer Isis who all had a game in Moscow yesterday that I unfortunately had to miss. All three of these women are taller than me without heels on. Isis had did have heels on last night and was a full head higher than me. Whoa. We had a crazy good time at Benni Hanna's (didn't even know they had one here!) where there were more bottles of wine ordered than I could keep track of. We then headed off to Karma Bar which usually has hip-hop night Thursdays, but since today was a national holiday, the Russians were out in full last night, and there was probably a total of 20 minutes of hip-hop compared to three hours of Euro trash. Boo. On the other hand, Nicole is my new favorite person. She's earning mad bank playing for a pro team from Istanbul; this after just winning a national championship in the states. Whoa. That and she's the most down to earth, crazy individual I have ever met. She's probably also the most famous person I've ever known that knows my first name as well! Can't believe I got to meet this girl I have been admiring from the sidelines for over five years. Bad ass. Pics from last night soon to come.
On a sad note: It is now 5PM and the sun is almost completely dark outside. Didn't get to see much of that sun today. Oops.