Thursday, January 27, 2011

Embarrassing "American" Moments

Thought I'd share a few of the embarrassing moments I've had thus far on the trip:

Hotel Night 2: We were out at a restaurant for dinner and we were drinking Sangria. I was holding my glass perfectly normally. I do not even know how it happened, but the glass fell straight out of my hand down onto my plate, and the bottom part of the glass broke clean off. The waiter came rushing over and I was saying "lo siento" (I'm sorry) over and over again because I didn't know what to do. The staff there were perfectly nice about the whole thing, helped me clean up the mess, and then brought me a full new glass, free of charge. We laughed it off, but I was so embarrassed!

Apartment Night 1: Caroline and I had been having issues all night with the door to get into our apartment building. The first time, we had to call Paula to let us in. The second time, I finally got it open after trying for 10 minutes. Well, we went to the Italian restaurant next to our apartment to grab some food, and when we came back, we were again having issues with the door. This time, however, there were two guys sitting outside the restaurant smoking, and they were laughing hysterically at us. After 5 minutes, one of them came over and asked, in English, if we needed help. He got the door open in about 2 seconds. Turns out he is also studying abroad and is from Iowa, and lives in the apartment above the Italian restaurant. We're probably going to see him all the time. What an embarrassing first encounter. (Note: We have since learned the trick to opening the door, so all is well!)

1 comment:

  1. hehehe...the memories that you will take from this awesome experience are ones just like these!!

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