Ben

I copied this directly from Carly´s blog. Oh Ben, sweet, young, innocent Ben. What about you is screaming ¨mug me?¨ Carly and I think we should buy him some pepper spray for fend off potential attackers.

¨Ben managed to get mugged again the other day. I can’t remember if I told you that he was accosted by a few 12 year old kids a few days ago for his money but it happened to him again in Palermo. The guy ran up to him asking for money and tried to grab his backpack. Ben bravely (or foolishly however you want to look at it) fought back. The guy ended up hanging on to Ben’s backpack trying to get it off whilst Ben screamed for help in his strange German accented Spanish. The mugger was obviously not very experienced, got a bit scared and in his panic punched Ben in the ear. (Ben says of this…’WHO punches people in the EAR?!?!?). Wannabie mugger then hung around whilst Ben retrieved his glasses that had gone flying onto the pavement before running off. Ben was not sure who was more disturbed by the encounter.¨