You have no idea how glad I am to be moving out here today [leaving for the airport in two hours actually] after the concierge just told me this:

On Sunday night my neighbor from downstairs [a very nice man, the only one actually I always talk to when I see him] came back from walking his dog, and downstairs there were two men outside the door. They came inside with him and told him they were visiting a tall, blonde girl in apartment 2.1. They got in the elevator with him, and mugged him.

I would have never expected something like this to happen here. It’s a good [reasonably good, I mean it is still downtown Barcelona] neighborhood and I never felt really unsafe here [though not as safe as in Munich or Heidelberg].

The weirdest thing is that they supposedly said that they were coming to visit a tall blonde girl in 2.1 which is my apartment. I am the only blonde girl here but not tall, but I was not even at home and had not been for over a week. It may be a coincidence, because they might have just said that. I doubt they hung out around the house for weeks before this to know where I live, or to see me walk into the building [and even then, how would they know my apartment number]. Might also be that the concierge made that part up [maybe they just said they are coming to visit a girl in 2.1].

But of course, either way, my neighbor didn’t suspect anything, I feel so bad for him. That must have been such a scary experience. I’m glad I am moving out of this building now. I don’t think I’d feel that safe anymore knowing something like that happened here while I was living here [I do know an apartment was broken into before in this building before I moved here].

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