A couple random stories

The night I arrived in Seville I met the 3 couchsurfers - my host Nani, and the other two surfers Maria and Julie. We went across the road to buy the fried fish and then went back home to eat it.

We finished the whole greasy batch, but at the end Marie was complaining that something got stuck in her throat. For a while we just hungout then she started to get worried about it, and said it was really uncomfortable. We offered her every solution we could think of - drink water, eat something, cough, try to get it out with your hands etc. but nothing was working.

After a half hour she figured out that she could feel it with her finger, apparently she has no gag reflex... but she couldnt get it out. So she borrowed my sim card to phone her dad in Germany who is a doctor. He said that either she goes to see a doctor, or someone in the house looks down there and pulls it out.

The other girls were having none of those options, so I volunteered to take it out. Haha - maybe that made her nervous... she got up and managed to get it out with her own hands. It was pretty sharp and uncomfortable looking so we were all glad she was okay and didnt need to go sitt in the hospital all night! That would have sucked.

Story two takes place in a beautiful park in Seville.

On Saturday night (after a great nap) I decided to go for a stroll through this amazing park in the south of spain. All the buildings are from 1929, they are Museums now but apparently they were built for an American Exposition.

There are beautiful plants, trees, ponds etc everywhere. It had just rained all day so everything smelled so fresh and was very vibrant.

After about 25 mins of being there I am just wandering around and this shy looking dorky kinda guy with a backpack (that means hes a tourist) looks at me kinda funny. There were people everywhere, running with their dogs, tourists etc. The place was packed so I was not concerned for my safety. I could have taken him anyways he was fairly thin haha. Its a look that people give when they want to talk to you, but are too shy so they just keep looking in hopes that you will say something first (or so I thought...).

He started to sort of stalk me, he would go look at things and then time it to come back when i was walking by. I would slow down and speed up to make sure it wasnt a fluke. I had my headphones in and didnt feel like talking to anyone so I avoided making eye contact with him for the most part.

This went on for a good 10 minutes. He was a bit strange but in a harmless kind of way, I didnt want to deal with him so I slowed down until he got a little ahead of me, then i dodged out this gate on the left hand side to the street to get out of the park. I knew the ones up ahead were locked so that put him on the opposite side of the fence.

Still he kept up a bit...finally I got to this big intersection where he wouldnt be able to follow me, because the park ends. I am walking along and through the other side of the fence I hear something but I had my music on so I dont know what he said. Anyways I pull one headphone out of my ear and turn towards him and say "pardon?" then I looked down and he has his PANTS AND UNDERWEAR down and hes jerking it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hahaahahahaha. I actually stopped in my tracks, briefly said "what the F%&$" under my breath purely out of shock, and started laughing. I was sooooooooooooooooo shocked!!!!!!!

I turned away, put my headphone back in my ear and walked over to a bus stop where 10 other people were standing. I faced away from where he was and laughed ... and laughed... I almost wanted to hang around and ask him what he thought he was going to gain by that? Haha... maybe I should have just said "Put the mouse back in the house" like Pheobe. I have to conclude that he couldnt have been all there.

Anyways, I am off to Madrid today so I have to go book a train. Bye bye Seville!