You know you're in Baghdad when . . .

you cut your workout short  by 5 minutes to make sure you get back to your room before the end of the Iraq - Australia soccer match.Iraqis have a bad habit of shooting up into the air when they win a big soccer match (this one was the quarterfinals of the Asia cup).  For some reason they don't quite get that what goes up must come down.  So when they win, we're warned not to go outside.  (Un)fortunately they lost - Australia scored with 2 minutes left in the game.  I not only made it back to my room, I got to walk to dinner.