visiting navy

tons of young russian navy running around expo yesterday. they were around 18 19. some were buying souvenirs like the stuffed haibao in a box. some were eating burgers at our quick service restaurant. two showed me on a map where their boat was parked on the river. i asked them why they were here and they told me that the president was coming to the russian pavilion at 15:00. i ran to russia around 15:15 in my rain slicker and saw the masses of security, the long procession of black cars, the chinese government officials, and medvedev waving at the crowds from the front of the pavilion.