I Have Very Big Attraction to You!

Yes, I guess it was inevitable with my charm and beauty that I would get hit on at some point. I'm not sure which is worse: Egyptian men that just come straight up to you and hiss, "I want to have sex with you." or the Italian men that pretend to be so interested in you...but their goal is the same. One guard at The Vatican told me, "I have very big attraction to you...you are so charming, you make me nervous." Please, I think I said, "Yes, I like the portraits." or something. 

Today, after I visited the Boca della Verita, an Italian man with a 'do rag and a motorcycle helmet approached me and asked me if I knew the time. I had to get out my phone and power it up to give him the time. Then he asked where I was from...yadda, yadda, yadda, he is an archaeologist and studies at the university (yeah right)...and then he asked if I had a map...and then proceeded to point out places of interest. "There's the Colosseum, there is the Palatine...." I said, "Yes, I already visited those places." Then he said, let's go around the corner and sit down in the shade and I will show you more places. Do you want to get on my motorcycle? I am not a knife killer, sorry my English is very bad." I said, I'd meet him around the corner...but then after I thought about it, I didn't want to be bothered, so I hid out on the steps for about 15 minutes 'til I was pretty sure he was gone and then headed over to where I was going. Would you believe it? I stumbled upon him sitting in the shade showing some girl a map saying, "There's the Colosseum, there's the Palatine..." He saw me coming and I could tell he was hoping I wouldn't notice him. I said, "There you are! I was looking all over for you!" The girl looked up at me and smiled and he kept on like I wasn't even there. Too funny! I thought about REALLY embarrassing him...but didn't want to bother.
Also today, I noticed a bunch of Polizia around the Capitoline today. The Prime Minister or some high official apparently was in the building for some reason. There were a lot of them standing around. I couldn't help but notice one guy with a big cigar was a huge chunk of ash hanging from it. Only in Italy.