RUSSIAN AIRPORT ENTERTAINMENT
(Friday) This morning, while waiting for my plane at Midway Airport in Chicago there was a camera crew either filming a documentary or a commercial of some sort for Southwest Airlines. Someone (in the camera crew -- I assume) recognized Nikolai Massenkoff, who was also waiting for our plane, and talked him into singing for the camera. Pretty soon a Russian folk ensemble (also passengers on our plane) showed up and they broke out their instruments. And then came the dancers. People cleared space for them in the concourse walkway and we all got a great 15 minute spontaneous show. And the SWA counter crew got a free lesson in Russian folk dancing. And it's all on film somewhere.

If they kept a camera crew hanging around the airports all the time I bet flying would be a lot more entertaining.