On Saturday, December 26, 2008, Tom got out his maps and decided we were going to get around the city so we rode to the end of the Green Line Metro then walked to the end of the Yellow Line Metro about 5 miles. We walked by some apartments on the other side of town and there was a huge rat probably 6 inches that ran in a hole under the huge steel door, I guess that rats aren't deterred by those huge doors. We crossed the Neva River and there were huge blocks of ice in. We then caught a bus that took us to the Mega Mal, the bus was so crowded we had to stand and were jammed up against the other passengers, my face was right in the fur on the coat of the lady next to me. The windows were so dirty we could not see out. Tom said he had been on some bad bus rides in his life when living in Mexico but this was the worst he had ever been on. I felt like one of those cows you see going down the freeway crammed into a semi-truck. Once we were on I thought "what are we doing they could be taking us anywhere and we would not know where we are at". But we made it to the mal and it was huge and very busy. Were we ever glad to get home. Here is a picture of the ice in the river. I tried to take a picture of the rat but he would not cooperate.