Sexually harassed in Florence (stay alert)
Hey everyone,
Currently in Florence right now with my mom. Yesterday (July 3) I was celebrating my 25th birthday and we arrived a little early to a restaurant one of my colleagues recommended. It wasn’t open yet so we walked across the street to a cafe. At that cafe were 2 Italian men sitting outside and asked us what we were looking for, we said a bathroom, and spoke to the friend who spoke better English. He let us know there was a bathroom inside of the cafe. At that time, I went to use it and my mom ordered an espresso.
We decided to sit outside of the cafe and my mom wanted to film a kind of podcast moment so we were chatting. The initial Italian man who spoke to us approached me and said I was very beautiful, I said thank you. He asked where we were from and we said America, I took it as friendly conversation. He told me he was 47 and then began translating on whatsapp and showing me a message “you are very beautiful and I’d like to have sex with you tonight” he then proceeded to pull up a nude image of himself to show me. I quickly told my mom we needed to leave and we left as he began apologizing. Crazy experience!