an extremely interesting encounter.

I have changed my comment settings so if you want to comment it's possible... Anyways, we had class today, came back, it stormed, and we began to plan our weekend in BARCELONA! :) We're headed there in 3 weekends after our trip to Rome.

So, we decide to meet our friends Cait and Mary Ellen for sangria and just to hang out. What I love about Spain is how common it is to eat at a little table outside, take your time, relax, and just enjoy the great company :) We did just that today. We had sangria and some Spanish food, and just chatted for about 2 hours. Many people at nearby tables or streets chatted us up, and the waiter brought us a fake flower. Like I previously said, people are incredibly friendly. Its not like they all want to hit on you (although many do), they just say "Hola!".

So we're getting ready to leave, and an old man comes up to us. He was I'd say 80 years old. Loving my grandparents, I was excited to talk to him (I really want to practice my Spanish!) But this man had another agenda. He began to throw compliments at us... Crazy nice, obv over the top and untrue compliments. He stroked Cait and my cheek, and we were just trying to leave, it was an extreeeemely uncomfortable situation. Seeing his age too, we just didn't know what to do, so we kept saying we had to leave, we had to leave.

So we leave, as fast as possible..And our old man decides to FOLLOW us! We had a good running head start (imagine how dumb 4 girls feel running in a crowded plaza from an old man, but this guy was very very creepy) but traffic held us back. Cait and I made it to the metro station, but Cait couldn't find her pass so the guy caught up!! I ran off ahead because Cait and I were taking separate lines and I called Jobie to see where she was at. Jobie met me and we were fine, but we called Cait and Mary Ellen to check in on them, and the old man had followed them to their bus stop. They left and went to the main metro terminal to wait it out, return after a few trains go by, and he's still there. They finally managed to ditch him, but phew! What an afternoon. I had no idea a man of that age would be that strange!!!! You always think its the kids our age or a little older...but not someone in their eighties!! Weird weird weird.