YOU SAID:
Well, I was walking to this hotel, but some guy stopped me.
INTO JAPANESE
まあ、私はこのホテルに歩いていましたが、誰かが私を止めました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Well, I was walking to this hotel, but someone stopped me.
INTO JAPANESE
さて、私はこのホテルに歩いていましたが、誰かが私を止めました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Well, I was walking to this hotel, but someone stopped me.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.