so on our last night we went out to our new friend igor's mates country house (more like a compound, in fact), where we got smashed on gurylka and ate ace dumplings. we met this guy dmitri who was a string theorist (no shit!) and seemed a bit 'eccentric'. he proved this later in the night (although not two hours after eating) by stripping off and swimming to the other side of the river (about 120 metres) and back. with a strong current. in the dark. did i mention we were shitfaced too?