strange day

Yesterday (Thursday, 10 August) was a strange day. First with me helping this old woman who could barely walk carrying 2 heavy bags up 10 flights of stairs (there was a working elevator......), then successfully booking a train ticket, then a another bit of (good) strangeness:

I was sitting in a park having a snack (cookies......) minding my own business and this young, very attractive woman walks up to me and says something in Russian. I respond, "ya ne govoriu po Russki" ("I don't speak Russian"). She pauses for a moment then says, "kiss me quick". One of my quirks - for better or for worse - is to always be suspious when I'm traveling. So I immidiately start wondering how this could be a scam. I respond -- perhaps stupidly in hindsight because I couldn't think of something more witty to say like "shouldn't I buy you dinner first" -- "why?" She says, "just kiss me" and turns her cheek towards me. So I stand up and kiss her on the cheek. She says, "now this side" and turns her other cheek. I oblige again. She says "thank you" and steps aside and I sit down wondering what in the hell is going on. A guy walks up after her and says "now kiss me". I respond, "nyet" ("no"). He laughs and steps aside and then two people with a video camera (digital handy cam type) walk up from behind a sign - everyone laughing now - and say I'm on some kind of Russian candid camera. I thought they said it was like Russian MTV but I could be wrong. They had me wave to the camera and then I said to the pretty woman (while still being recorded), "I hope I didn't get chocolate on your cheek", because I was eating some chocolate cookies and had the bag in hand throughout the event. Eating is such a vulernable position to be in when approached by a beautiful woman so I was a little uneasy about the whole thing. Mainly I just thought it was a strange 'situation' for a candid camera show but I suppose some people actually kiss the guy too.... Strange day indeed.