Inside the Suitcase
My sister and I recently visited a famous castle in Budapest, Hungary. The place was crawling with vendors calling out to tourists to buy their wares. We were exhausted from the journey up the hill to the castle and were resting in a particularly picturesque area. An elderly gentleman in a suit and top hat offered to take our picture. I politely declined, but he continued unfazed, in broken English. “No picture? It okay. I take you behind castle, no one go. It cost little okay?” Perhaps it was the heat, or our exhaustion, but we just stared at the man, thinking of a way to gently let him down. He, in response, muttered, “Forget! You no speak English!” and angrily walked away. We stood there, of course, speechless.
Swetha Kowsik
Fremont, CA
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