RANDY'S RECENT TRIPS FOR WORK

KRAKOW, POLAND

MOSCOW, RUSSIA

RANDY HAD COFFEE IN RED SQUARE.  HE SAID IS WAS SO SURREAL.   BUT HE DID SEE A LOT OF REMINDERS OF HOME, NAMELY A STARBUCKS ON EVERY OTHER BLOCK AND UNLIKE EUROPEAN COUNTRIES, EVERYONE HAD NICE BIG COFFEE MUG WITH A SAYING ON THEM THAT MIGHT TELL SOMETHING ABOUT YOU.  (p.s. - He did buy me a Starbucks "Moscow" coffee mug)

ANOTHER FUNNY THING THAT HAPPENED WHILE HE WAS THERE WAS A CONVERSATION  HE HAD WITH A NATIVE FROM MOSCOW.   HE CHUCKLED WHILE IN RED SQUARE AND THE PERSON SHOWING HIM AROUND ASKED WHAT WAS FUNNY.   HE SAID HE WAS A LITTLE EMBARRASSED TO SAY BUT WHEN HE WAS IN SCHOOL GROWING UP IN ILLINOIS THEY WOULD PRACTICE THEIR SAFETY DRILLS IN CASE RUSSIA DROPPED THE 'BIG ONE'.   SHE IN TURN LAUGHED AS SHE SAID "THAT'S OKAY, WE WERE DOING THE SAME DRILLS IN CASE AMERICA DROPPED THE 'BIG ONE' ON US!"