Ask for directions from a stranger.

“The first time I visited Valencia, I was looking for the hostel where I had booked my stay and I asked for the direction to a woman in the street. She didn’t know where it was, but she told me to wait a minute while she went to ask to her husband. One minute later she came back with 10 more people! They wanted to help me and they started to look at the map and walk with me. The hostel was near and we arrived there together.”

“I spotted a unsuspecting college student walking much too far from the street to realistically give me directions. I rolled down the window anyway and screamed, “Excuse me.” Even my posture was embarrassing. I was almost leaning out the car window and craning my neck to make my scream reach the poor guy. “Can you help us find our way to this hall?” I held up a sheet of paper with the address scribbled on it. If the boys thought I was old and stupid, I felt even older and stupider. The nice young man explained the directions for me.”