Dream: Stuck in the "green zone"

my first recollection is that I was in some place foreign. I was with a group of civilians that I'd traveled there with. I titled this post "green zone" but I could be anywhere, not necessarily Baghdad. Just kind of an oasis...

I remember being at this restaurant or coffee shop.. talking with my friends.. nervously discussing our options to "get out of there safely". this place was on a busy street and was up high.. the sidewalk was about 6 feet above the road.. some kind of promenade. It was a fancy place.. expensive looking furniture and tapestries.

I left the safety of the others and the coffee shop/restaurant and headed solo down the road. I had my belongings in a backpack (the hiker kind, not a school backpack). I remember crossing an offramp and noticing the signage. I don't recall if there was writing or not. I felt very vulnerable but continued. There was nothing obviously menacing about the places I passed but it felt very dark.. there weren't many street lights... I wasn't in the middle of nowhere.. just everything was closed (presumably for the night).

I found myself in a large house all by myself. Across the 4-lane road was another large structure. It almost seemed like it had columns in front and place for cars to pull in to unload passengers.

The house I was in had lots of windows and Levelors (horizontal blinds). I explored the inside and had to turn off lights and close the blinds.. it seemed that I felt safe if the blinds were closed. I was just trying keep a low profile.. not do anything to spark someone's interest or that the house was occupied. I was definitely feeling like a foreigner in an unfamiliar place. I took care of the upstairs and closed all the doors to the rooms. I would periodically peer out the windows looking for anyone who had stopped to take a look. I was worried that the closed blinds would actually be a clue that someone was inside.. so I went back upstairs to reopen them a bit.. make it look more natural.

Downstairs, there was a huge picture window facing the road and the palace across the street. periodically, a car would pass and the headlights would illuminate the room. I'd duck for safety.

that's all I can remember.