Smoked Fish

I decided to try one of the local goods: smoked fish. I had no idea how they were eaten, so I desperately used my hand signals (at this point becoming fluent in gestures) for help. These things are smoked whole, guts and all, and there are steps to pull them out before being eaten. It's a messy process... for me anyway. Colonel Vladimir, a commander of the Russian Strategic Forces, was sitting on his bunk looking out the corner of his eye and giggling.

Done