The relief of the New Year

За здоровье!
New Years Eve in Russia has to be celebrated in proper style: With Russian “Schampanskoje”! Well, in fact it is less Champagne and more sparkling wine but still serves its purpose. Two bottles of the sparkling drink and two chocolate bars made our freezing outdoor party with Kremlin view much warmer and funnier. But it also had a serious side effect that was spurred on even more by the cold – the desire to use a toilet!
Police patrols, people all over the place and the lack of public lavatories in the area was not the best starting point. Apart from that, the Kremlin wall might not have been the best location to answer the call of nature without risking a visit in prison first thing in the new year.
Apparently the solution was just opposite the Kremlin: Ten snowploughs standing together, providing some kind of protection from the people walking by. The three of us were literally released! But while getting rid of the Russian alcohol, half a dozen of male faces turned up in the windows of the house beside the trucks. Caught in the act! Our plight was a great amusement for them! Great, the new year started with a wonderful embarrassment: flashing our bottoms in the Russian cold in front of highly amused street workers!
The only way out of this without loosing our dignity was to walk up to the window and one after the other we took a bow in front of the ecstatic men. They appreciated our guesture!
Happy New Year - С новым годом!

Having a second thought about the whole story I realised that it was actually a great start into 2008! I made six men happy within only two minutes!