While traveling sometimes you miss the last bus home, or the ATM machine turns off with your debit card in it and you have to go back to the bank the next morning to retrieve it at 8 am when you have class in an hour. This can happen anywhere, but dealing with situations like these in a foreign country can take a toll on you.
Last night I was walking with three friends to a friends party. We had walked no more than four minutes past the mushroom looking architecture (Las Setas) in the center of Sevilla.
We took a side street to our friends apartment and noticed a guy started following us. We had been walking for five minutes when he lunged at us and grabbed my friends bag. Luckily within five seconds of running we were on a bigger street where we saw around 6-10 people.
I had been to the same streets earlier this week where the event occurred and this is what I found; a playground filled with children and people enjoying a snack or drink at the surrounding bars.
Sevilla is a very safe city, but this type of event happens everywhere and luckily we were not hurt.
Getting Lost:
When I come to a new city I like to know where some of the major tourist sites are and how to get to them. After visiting the main sites I like to put away the map and walk whichever way I feel like. This sounds silly but I always go in the direction of good smells and music.
Most of the time I am completely fine with being lost because it is a chance to explore a different part of the city, but sometimes it can take a toll on you. I was talking to a student on one of the city busses in Granada about traveling, because he could see that I had a gigantic suitcase. He asked me if traveling "Te cuesta mucho" meaning is it physically and emotionally draining, and I responded that yes, but I would not be traveling if it was unbearable.
Getting lost teaches you to keep confident and calm and to walk a little slower and enjoy the new scenery that surrounds you.
