Too good for our own good...

Life in Russia does not provide us with many options in the entertainment department.

Our entertainment options are:

*Movies.  DVDs brought from the States, and numerous movies purchased through iTunes.
*Spending time with other expats, and occasionally Russians.
*Cooking (my food and cooking obsession has grown exponentially)
*Others that do not currently come to mind, but I really think I have hit the major ones.

In our never-ending quest to find new entertainment options, Ryan and I sorted through the boardgames we brought in our shipment.  Much to our disappointment, the games are all focused on multiple players, and not two.  Ryan and I were brainstorming games that would be fun for the two of us.  We decided Jenga would be a fun game.  Easy for two people, competitive, and not too intense.

How hard could it be to find Jenga in Novorossisyk?  Vitaley was our driver during our search for Jenga.  We had a picture of the game, I explained (charades style) how the game was played, and even with all of Vitaley's skills and connections, he could not locate the game.  Luckily, our friends Kim and Ed brought the game from the States.

All was set for our new form of entertainment, only to be disappointed.

We are too good for our own good.  

No other options, besides a guaranteed collapse.  Both of us were too stubborn to pull the loosing block (I should mention, it was Ryan's turn). :)

So we decided to continue our turns, and begin to rebuild the tower.  One of us would definitely get clumsy, and knock it over.  

Hmmm, that didn't work either.  Now we were back to the beginning.  

Maybe a thumb war?

Let's try this again.  I heard some people play the game by pulling one block, and placing it on the top layer, essentially building the tower higher.
*Observe our other form of entertainment in the background.  Ryan has become obsessed with Shark Tank, and has downloaded all available shows.  

About time.  Our "pulling and rebuilding" method worked.  We were actually able to get the tower to fall.  Oh, I need to mention; Ryan caused the tower to fall.  :)