The Hermitage

Today I woke up early to call home again so I could talk to my mom and BigSis. After that, I went down to breakfast and to class. After class, we ate lunch and then Katherine, Ally and I headed out to the Hermitage. First we stopped off at Grand Europe to change money. Then we hopped on the trolley bus and got to the Hermitage.

We saw the impressionists (Renoir, Monet and Van Gogh) and 2 big Picasso rooms and Matisse. And then we saw some Faberge.

I bought a beautiful book about Nicholas II and one about the Hermitage.

We started to walk towards the Moika at 6:00 PM to go to The Idiot. We passed a beautiful old bookstore and inside they had actual posters from WWI and beautiful old leather bound books in so many languages! We couldn't afford anything, though, so we left.

When we got to the Idiot, Nathan, Kelly, David, Tricia and Blakeslee were all already there. There was no room at their table, though, so we sat separately. It was happy hour too. We stayed there pretty late and then headed home to do homework.

We were up late and could hear everyone crying out down the hall at odd intervals because they were watching the world cup. Katherine and I were hyper and did our homework until late and then went to sleep.