That knocker was straight out of Labyrinth."I don't know, we're just the knockers" always was one of my favorite lines.
Today we just begun class when we noticed police standing by the doorway to the studio. They interrupted to say they needed to speak with the foreigners. We all gathered around thinking 'what the heck happened'. They said they were concerned for our safety and questioned to whether we were going out at night-we should be in at 8 according to them. We told them that wasn't possible, rehearsals are during the day, so in the evening is our only time to go out. We assured them we travel in groups and they seemed to be fine as long as we traveled with at least three persons. The whole thing was totally bizarre, because it's completely safe around here. We asked "what are you afraid will happen to us?" "Well, maybe your wallet could get stolen". Big frigging deal- been there done that in Italy and Russia, not the end of the world. Sure be cautious, but did you really need to interrupt our work for that. Finally, they asked to take photos with us- oh, okay, maybe that's what is was more about.
