And to prove how much I don’t care about me, my readership (though I know my mother will read this, because that’s the kind of patient stalwart she is) here’s a list of unrelated facts about my day. I’ll leave the disclaimers out from now on.
First proper injury: From a dislodged Canadian Flag badge – thanks Heidi
Biggest barrel of the day: Artillery Museum
Most closed museum on a Wednesday: Peter and Paul Fortress
Craziest Taxi of the day: Some flipped out Russian who took me on two wheels to the Aurora
Largest Chicken Kiev of the week: 300grammes at some random O’Bolloucgherty’s pub. Maybe that’s why Russia has banned import of US chickens. Maybe they are all superchickens. Or perhaps it’s some kind of tit for tat thing about the US having trade restrictions on steel imports. And Russia dragging itself kicking and screaming into the WTO based on spurious data. Opinions are divided, not just on the proper size of Chicken Kiev (me) and joining the WTO (Russia). Those little Kievs you get from Tesco are a fair enough size, but that means you can eat two if you are a greedy American, or restrict yourself to one. And besides, good old Bernard ‘Eco-warrior’ Matthews had those mini kievs for the turkey lover who just wouldn’t switch to chicken, and wasn’t sure of their portion preference.