It happened to my friend Leo. He was a tailor from Guápiles who was in U.S.A. almost 30 years ago. He got an scholarship due to the fact that he was a council man (regidor municipal), and twenty counselors were in U.S.A. for an special interchange. He was learning English in an Academy, as part of the program, and he had to go out by himself trying to understand how streets and avenues in Washington D.C. were planned.
He had a recommendation in his pocket. So, he had to go to the nearest corner, read the address beside the traffic light in case he got lost and call to the academy. As a result of his inexperience ( he was 79 years old at that time and he never had been away from Costa Rica ) he called and said: "Estoy perdido" ( Help me I am lost! ). Therefore, the lady in the academy who was Costa Rican explained to him that he had to go to the corner, read the address, call back and wait until somebody pick him up.
He did everything and he said "I am in the corner DON'T WALK" ( he was reading the pedestrian traffic light.
The lady was laughing and as soon as she could told the story to Leo's friends.
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