OK, now the wordy details...

So now all the photos are up. Or the best of them. I had a really fun day today.

I wandered the city and found more free wi-fi, and I did the most touristy things that I wanted to get out of the way. I figured I had the most time today since class is starting tomorrow.

All of the tourist sites were packed, but I only heard one or two Americans. I heard a ton of Russians, lots of middle easterners, africans and mostly french and germans.

The trains were much easier to navigate today as I knew already what was closed and what was open, so I had more time to take in the details of each station. The thing that made the biggest impression was that all of the musicians in the tubes were playing American music. I mean, I guess I know that most rock music comes from the U.S., but I guess I was expecting them to have their own stuff. You know, the Beatles, the Cure, Oasis. But instead I kept hearing Nirvana, Pearl Jam and the Eagles. Strange.

The sites were lovely, and I got some fun photos. As I said before, please go to my flickr site to read about the couple on The Eye. That was great.

On my way back to the dorm, I found a pub about a block from my dorm that has free wi-fi. It's called The Harlequin. And they have a special of a pint and a pie for five pounds. So that's where I am now, eating a delicious pot pie with ham, chicken and leeks.

There was actually some excitement at the bar while I was posting all of my photos. The pub is hosting Pub Quiz which is like Pub Trivia, and one patron was really drunk and kept booing the host. Then he tried to light a smoke, but that's illegal here. So the barmaid called the cops. But before the cops came, he got even more rowdy and several workers were trying to escort him out and there was yelling etc. Finally he left, and then the cops showed up. Apparently they went to talk to him in the street and he told them to F off and then he ran away. So then the cops came in a wrote up a police report. OK, so maybe not the MOST exciting thing, but it provided quite the entertainment for me. :)

So that's it for this evening. I'm heading back to the dorm and getting ready for class. Keep up the comments. It's great to hear from all of you!