Looking forward to a lovely hot chocolate and waffle at our local chocolate shop a group of girlfriends and myself notice a crowd.
People are looking at the crowd but you know people do that kinda thing, and we really really want our hot chocolate, its a cold day and we have been looking forward to this all afternoon.
I do notice the bull horn but really all that is on my mind is that lovely hot chocolate.
It isn't till we are sitting in the shop, ordered and enjoying an after work girls chat that we realise the crowd has stopped outside OUR shop.
The chanting starts and suddenly we notice, for the first time, the placards and flags.
How did we end up in the middle of a Palestinian demonstration and what is an Israeli flag doing in the mix?
These questions ran through our mind as the 10 police showed up, the security guards surrounded the shop and our hot chocolates and waffle arrive.
It occurs to me that we can very easily end up in the wrong place at the wrong time and suddenly have to reassess plans we thought were great, when we first made them.
Note to self: Be more observant when a crowd of placard waving people are about, there could be trouble!
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