hola de sevilla,

after thinking about the incident over and over and over (and over and over) the past couple days, I´ve come to realize 2 things:

1. this guy had me pegged from the beginning. he approached me by asking for a light, something he would not have probably done if he hadnt seen me smoking 5 minutse earlier (ie I had finished, but he knew i had a lighter)

2. I´m certain that he drugged me--from what I can piece together, I was 100% complacent to his requests etc...who in their right mind would go all the way to his hotel room to allow a stranger to use his Visa card?

the owner of my hostal in Madrid had heard of this type of scam before, but never talked with somoene to whom it had happened (and trying to explain it in spanish 6 years after learning it is quite an adventure as well).

anyhow, thanks for all the well-wishes...I´m loving Sevilla (no offence to Madrileņos!)

hasta luego...