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Hockey

Slava, wearing an American hockey sweater somebody had given him. He's an avid hockey player, and played in the pick-up games at the Eissporthalle in Ratingen. I went a couple times to watch. He couldn't get on a team because the "foreigners' quota" was already filled by three Americans.

One night afterwards, Slava went home and I lingered to have a snack at McDonald's with two of the other players. Afterwards, they gave me a ride home. In a very fancy purple BMW.

Duesseldorf, Germany -- January 1998

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