When you're just going to get some snacks and you're scared like you've never been before?!

"The marks people leave are too often scars." - John Green

Let's start today's story with this quote, because it is so true and completely appropriate to what happened not long ago. We went to a concert in the neighbouring country, Budapest, and as always, we stayed there for a little while. Those days we stayed in a very well-known and safe hotel, or at least that's what we thought.

After the wonderful concert, we went for a short drink, so we returned to the hotel around 11:00 p.m. When we arrived, we saw that there was no one anywhere, not even the night receptionist, which was a little strange to us, and we took it for granted and took the elevator to our room.

Everything was fine in the room, but we got quite hungry, so I took the elevator down to the hotel lobby to the snack machine. Danijela and I were on FaceTime to pick out snacks together. After that, we stopped FaceTime, so I could quickly head to the elevator and back to the room.

When I entered the elevator and pressed the number of the floor, a middle-aged man entered the elevator who "smelled" of alcohol, and it was obvious that he was not his true self, and that's when I got scared. He stood in front of me, facing me, and started to say something to me, but I answered to him with a cracking voice in English that I didn't understand what he was saying, to which he started talking louder, waving his hands, and walking right up to me.

Thank God, my phone starts ringing. I answer quickly and start saying in English something similar to: "Yes, honey, please open my doors for me; I forgot the card.

Then the man suddenly steps away from me, stops the elevator, and steps out of it. When I saw that he had left, I quickly clicked on the floor number, and I was so relieved that tears came to my eyes. When I got to the right floor, I saw Danijela already waiting for me at the door of the room, terrified of what was happening because she sensed in my voice that something was wrong.

The lesson of this story is to take care of yourself and be aware of your surroundings. If you see something suspicious, immediately pretend that you are talking to someone on the phone, or better yet, go where you are going with someone. As much as possible, adhere to the saying, "Safer with knowledge!"

''Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.'' - Neale Donald Walsch

Till next time. :)