So last night I was walking home from the school...I was about 2 or 3 blocks from the apartment and pretty much in my own little world when I noticed that someone was coming toward me (not just like walking past me in the opposite direction, but approaching me)...I snapped back into the real world...I walked a little out of my way, but then the guy started talking to me...I was a bit nervous, because having random strangers start talking to you in a residential neighborhood is a bit "raro", but I figured I'd see what he had to say...
Random man (in Spanish): Excuse me? Excuse me??
Me (also in Spanish): Um, yeah?
RM: Do you know where the Plaza de Cuba is??
Me (very much at ease at this point, except for the fact that now I have to think about giving directions): Oh, yeah! It's...um, well...
RM: blah blah blah (which I think was him asking me if I spoke Italian)
Me: *blank stare*
RM: blah blah blah italia
Me: No (at this point, I realized that I was right when I thought that he didn't have a Spanish accent in his Spanish...)
RM: Oh, ok...
Me: But go down to that street and turn that way, and then Plaza de Cuba's at the end...
RM: Thanks!!
The end...
So, either I looked like I knew what I was doing, I looked unimposing, or I looked Italian...hehehe...
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My guess is you look like an unimposing italian that knows what your doing :) Good job with giving directions! Reminds me of the time when I was in London and I tried to help a guy out, and he started talking to me in some language that I simply had no clue of... talk about catching you off guard!
ReplyDeleteAwesome. I always like it when I am unimposing. I always try to look unimposing unless I feel unsafe. Then I cross my arms and try to look tough. I don't think it works very well.
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