My yeshiva experience was a lot less exciting because we were based in middle of nowhere with nothing to do (by design). That didn't stop me from spending a lot of time in the beis medrash talking with my chavrusa about philosophy, theology, religion, or just nonsense. Anything but actually learning what I was supposed to. Eventually I lost all my chavrusas as they broke up with me for being a deadbeat. This is the yeshiva equivalent of being a terrible romantic partner and eventually running out of people in town to date.

Also, I don't know why people make yeshivos in the old city. It's a terrible place to be if you want the young men to actually focus on learning.