Purse-snatchers, crazy drunken Europeans, and surprisingly nice policemen roam the streets. Falling into a canal in Venice, getting hit on in Paris, and missing trains and buses, well, everywhere. Here’s a small sampling of the adventures your fellow Ateneans have had abroad.

“My friends and I got lost in Macau. We took the wrong bus, which brought us to the other side of the city. We had to catch a ferry at 1am, and it was already 12:30am then. The commute to the ferry is quite long, so that was a lot of panicking in one night. And I hugged a random guy on the street!” -Inna Cansana, Hong Kong

“We were walking along a canal in Venice. I joked about falling in and I ended up actually slipping and getting my left leg and butt wet!” -Iyay Ignacio, Austria

“There was this beer festival, and I was eating a sandwich that had raw fish and onions so ang baho talaga ng hininga ko. Pagdating ko sa beer tent, there was a drunk girl na dumudugo yung lips from making out with another girl. Nilandi rin ako, gusto akong halikan. Ayaw ko naman pahalik, ambaho ng hininga ko eh, baka sabihin di ako nagtotoothbrush. So, nilalait lait nya ako bading daw ako and all, kasi ayaw ko magpahalik sa babae. After I drank a Coke, nag-offer na naman siyang humalik… Yun, ginantihan ko.” -Name withheld, Germany

“On my way to Amsterdam, I was supposed to transfer trains at Hannover in Germany. But I fell asleep and missed my stop, and ended up in Hamburg, which is an hour or two away.” -Angelo Cruz, Austria

“We were having a drinking session with other international students just outside our dorm. We were so noisy, the police came and we ran back to the dorm.” -Mariel Villaverde, France

“I was in McDonald’s waiting for my bus when out of nowhere, this dirty and wild-looking (probably homeless) guy walks up to me and sits down right next to me. He then gets up after a bit got to the place with all condiments and the tissue dispenser, opens the tissue dispenser and takes out all of the tissue inside and brings it back to the table. He then places it in his bag before going around the store several times.” -Karl Po, US

“We went on a pub crawl, and the guys got really drunk, and someone carried me! And then when we rode the tram they took off their pants plus and showed us their butts. Hehe.” -Cristina Santiago, Germany

“Eight French men burst into my room, stealing my toothbrush and toothpaste, using it to vandalize the corridors. I was unable to save the toothbrush as I was wrestling another Frenchman for control of my mattress.” –Eric Santos, France

“There were no more trains to Paris, so we decided to do a spontaneous trip to Slovenia and Croatia, thinking Croatia was a Schengen state. Turns out it wasn’t. You need a separate visa. So in the train, the police got our passports and we had to follow him to the police station. We had to sign some papers that said refusal of entry and removal from Croatia. We had to take the first train back to Slovenia and were told to just come back once we had a visa. Hahaha! good thing the cops were really nice though!” -Chesca Erana, Austria

“I was walking through Cimitiere Montmartre in Paris, looking for the graves of Sartre and Guy de Maupassant, when this guy makes eye contact with me. After a while, he goes to me and says, “Bonjour”, initiating a conversation, which ends with him expressing his desire to get to know me better, and him offering me a coffee and a place to stay, next time I’m in Paris. So, in a nutshell: I was hit on. In Paris. At a cemetery. By a creepy old guy.” –Paolo Kalagayan, Austria