So Reagan was not at all popular there. We had an extra day in Sochi (they held a future Olympics there) where we stayed since it was the closest city to our small "sister town." So I took a walk around with 3 of the other ladies in the group (the others in the group except for one woman and me were senior citizens). And it looked like Evelyn's purse strap broke, so I pointed out what looked like a shoemaker's shop since the sign was a big shoe. It was run by an elderly lady and when she found out that we were Americans, she said "Reagan!" and spat on the ground. So Evelyn explained to her that we were not fond of Reagan, we liked Jimmy Carter. Well, the woman brightened up, Jimmy Carter was obviously popular there, and she not only fixed Evelyn's purse strap, but I took a photo of Evelyn and the shoemaker lady with their arms around each other. 
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