The time I ALMOST got robbed

The time I almost got robbed- definitely not my best memory of Argentina!  So the story goes like this- for my job I have to do audits of other NGO's to see whether or not we should donate food to them.  I always meet the other volunteer at the organizations we are auditing because we live on the exact opposite sides of town and it doesn't make sense for us to travel together.  Sometimes we have to go to the more sketchy areas of Córdoba in order to do the audits and those are the times when we drive together with someone else from the organization.  This time I thought that it would be OK to walk alone since it was 11 AM and the organization was like 3 blocks away from where one of my friends lives (in the nicest part of town!).  So I was a bock away from the organization and someone about a half a block ahead of me turns the corner onto the street I was walking on.  He then crossed over to the side that I was walking down because there was a truck blocking the other side so I didn't think anything of it.  Right as he was passing me I felt him grab my purse.  I fell to the ground and started kicking the guy and screaming bloody murder!  Everything happened really quickly but I remember thinking that there was no way in hell I was going to let him have my purse because my iPhone was in there (priorities, right?)! Thankfully I was wearing my purse under my jacket so he couldn't pull it off my body without breaking it.  He pulled it so hard but the strap didn't budge (thanks to Target for making quality purses! haha) and I continued to kick him as hard as I possibly could.  A ton of people ran out of their houses hearing my screams and the guy escaped without getting anything from me.  I did end up with a huge bruise on my butt from the fall but it could have been a lot worse!  Gonzalo told me that he got robbed with a pistol in Córdoba!  Luckily the person that tried to rob me was unarmed. Everywhere I go now I carry pepper spray in my hand, even during the day.  Don't mess with me randos!