Dr. Miguel A. Guillén Alcalá

Soooooo traveling here by myself was a bit of an ordeal, although I did meet a lovely Dutch couple on my flight from Amsterdam to Rome who gave me puzzles to do and candy that tasted like Jagermeister...I know what you are thinking.  But really, the candies tasted like Jager and not like licorice, it was different.  When we landed in Rome and I got onto the shuttle, I spotted a very short man with dark skin and tiny, perfectly round glasses covered from head to toe in Chicago Bears apparel.

"They looked good week one," I said, gesturing toward his matching jacket and hat that read "Monsters of the Midway,"  The Bears had unexpectedly beaten the Colts the previous Sunday.  He looked down at the jacket and then up at me.

"Yeah."

"I'm from New England so we were hurting week one, it was tough."  Tom Brady's torn ACL and MCL fresh in my mind. 

"Yeah," he replied again with a big smile and nodding this time.

"I think Matt Cassel will be ok though. I mean, he has been there for a few years so he should know the offense."

"Yeah."  Same big smile and complete lack of comprehension.  Something is amiss here...perhaps this Superfan is not from the States. Lets try Italian.

"Sei di Roma?"

"No, no, no, sono di Mexico."  Definitely not the response I expected, but few are when one travels.  He asked me if I spoke Spanish and unfortunately I don't, so I spoke to this Mexican Chicago Bears fan in broken Italian for about 5 minutes until we arrived at the next terminal to get our luggage.  It turns out he is a doctor who is in Rome for "Doctor Things."  As the shuttle came to a stop he handed me his business card and shouted,

"Email me!  You have to Email me!"  I don't know exactly what I will write to Dr. Miguel A. Guillén Alcalá, but I don't think it could hurt to know a doctor in Mexico city.