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So I talked to my mom just before I packed up to leave on my three month tour of europe and her words were "Be careful now don't take too many chances." Well, my first night in Paris I came into a situation where those words were ringing in my head as I waited outside of a friend's apartment building a 5am after having stayed up walking around all night. Here's the rest of the story:
So I went to a movie with Lisa, Nat, Christina (the girls I had been in Amsterdam with) and Lisa's Mom and dad. It was fairly close to my friend's apartement where I was staying, but it was a little awkward for me there because I had arrived a day early (on accident) and plus it was my last night to say good bye to Lisa, who was attached to my hip this past semester. So I decided to go to where the three girl's hotel, which of course was way far away from where I was, and I was going to sneak in and spend the night there. However, when we got there it just wasn't possible to sneak by the manager. Unfortunately, I didn't think that Margaret the girl at whose apartment I am staying, was getting back until 5am, and this was at about 1am, so the three girls walked around Paris with me unitil 430am. Then they were tired and went home and I walked home thinking Margaret was just going to be getting home because that is what she had told me. I even called and instant messaged her. So I walked to her house and got there a little before 5 am and stood at the door of the apartement building calling her cell and ringing the doorbell. Nobody answered. I stood there until 530, over a half an hour, before I really needed to do something else to stay warm. I started to walk around a bit noticing that also my cell phone was dying. shit. next thing I know it's about 10 til 6 and this kebap guy comes running down the street after me as I try to ignore him but he just keeps coming. Anyways, I stopped for five seconds and luckily he was still at work so I just said no to a drink and kept walking
I walked back to the house and proceeded to wait another half hour and it was getting colder by the min. I kept ringing and ringing and ringing and nobody was coming to the door. So finally I decided I had to find a cafe to just sit at for a while cause I just couldn't stand there anymore so I walked back down the street. This black arabic man stopped to talk to me and his french was so hard to understand because one he had a thick accent and two because I don't think he actually spoke french. I think he asked if I want to go get a coffee and I said yes hoping he could show me where an open coffe shop was. well low and behold guess who shows up...the kebap guy again!!! I could communicate better with him and he said come this way to get some coffee and I followed him and asked him where we were going and points ahead and guess where he brought me: the metro station. Now you have to understand, I don't just walk off with strange guys but places in France don't really open until 9 or 10 and I thought he knew where one was open at6:30. yeah shit. So I just immediately turned and walked away, he put his arm around me and exclaims in french you're fucked up aren't you and I looked at him and shouted no leave me alone I am not fucked up nor going anywhere with you. So I quickly walk away and he starts follwoing me saying oh so you want to keep talking to that other guy huh and I just walked right by and into a cafe that had had a lot of people in it earlier. Well, lucky for me the manager there let me in, though at the time I innocently thought the bar was actually open.
A minute later the black arab guy knocks on the door and the manager lets him in too and he sits down down next to me and gets pissed off becuase I am having a more successful conversation with someone who can speak some english and french. The kebap guy finally went away after I got into the bar. And then because of unsuccessful conversation the Arab guy finally left the bar too and I sat there drinking coffee after coffe having some conversation with the manager while he cleaned up and kept other people out of the bar. After he was done we went to a cafe together and had some breakfast and then he walked me back to my place around 830 or 9 I can't remember but unfortunately even after three rings still nobody answered. So he bought me a hotel room all to myself and I slept there from 10-2 and finally was able to get into the apartement.
so yeah, I am an idiot.
So I went to a movie with Lisa, Nat, Christina (the girls I had been in Amsterdam with) and Lisa's Mom and dad. It was fairly close to my friend's apartement where I was staying, but it was a little awkward for me there because I had arrived a day early (on accident) and plus it was my last night to say good bye to Lisa, who was attached to my hip this past semester. So I decided to go to where the three girl's hotel, which of course was way far away from where I was, and I was going to sneak in and spend the night there. However, when we got there it just wasn't possible to sneak by the manager. Unfortunately, I didn't think that Margaret the girl at whose apartment I am staying, was getting back until 5am, and this was at about 1am, so the three girls walked around Paris with me unitil 430am. Then they were tired and went home and I walked home thinking Margaret was just going to be getting home because that is what she had told me. I even called and instant messaged her. So I walked to her house and got there a little before 5 am and stood at the door of the apartement building calling her cell and ringing the doorbell. Nobody answered. I stood there until 530, over a half an hour, before I really needed to do something else to stay warm. I started to walk around a bit noticing that also my cell phone was dying. shit. next thing I know it's about 10 til 6 and this kebap guy comes running down the street after me as I try to ignore him but he just keeps coming. Anyways, I stopped for five seconds and luckily he was still at work so I just said no to a drink and kept walking
I walked back to the house and proceeded to wait another half hour and it was getting colder by the min. I kept ringing and ringing and ringing and nobody was coming to the door. So finally I decided I had to find a cafe to just sit at for a while cause I just couldn't stand there anymore so I walked back down the street. This black arabic man stopped to talk to me and his french was so hard to understand because one he had a thick accent and two because I don't think he actually spoke french. I think he asked if I want to go get a coffee and I said yes hoping he could show me where an open coffe shop was. well low and behold guess who shows up...the kebap guy again!!! I could communicate better with him and he said come this way to get some coffee and I followed him and asked him where we were going and points ahead and guess where he brought me: the metro station. Now you have to understand, I don't just walk off with strange guys but places in France don't really open until 9 or 10 and I thought he knew where one was open at6:30. yeah shit. So I just immediately turned and walked away, he put his arm around me and exclaims in french you're fucked up aren't you and I looked at him and shouted no leave me alone I am not fucked up nor going anywhere with you. So I quickly walk away and he starts follwoing me saying oh so you want to keep talking to that other guy huh and I just walked right by and into a cafe that had had a lot of people in it earlier. Well, lucky for me the manager there let me in, though at the time I innocently thought the bar was actually open.
A minute later the black arab guy knocks on the door and the manager lets him in too and he sits down down next to me and gets pissed off becuase I am having a more successful conversation with someone who can speak some english and french. The kebap guy finally went away after I got into the bar. And then because of unsuccessful conversation the Arab guy finally left the bar too and I sat there drinking coffee after coffe having some conversation with the manager while he cleaned up and kept other people out of the bar. After he was done we went to a cafe together and had some breakfast and then he walked me back to my place around 830 or 9 I can't remember but unfortunately even after three rings still nobody answered. So he bought me a hotel room all to myself and I slept there from 10-2 and finally was able to get into the apartement.
so yeah, I am an idiot.