Ran into Putin. For some reason, he was out somewhere (in a shop?) and I had a real fangirl moment where I chatted with him briefly (trying to be Cool about it when in that kind of Presence, as one does). Not sure if it was in Russian (and that part of the Thrill was that I understood enough to say a few words), but I was definitely fangirling. However, he said something to the effect that he was or had been an engineer (something like "был енжиниром" which I don't recall if the real one ever was). Then his wife and a boy child showed up, as if they were just out touristing as a family, and off they went together.
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