On Jun 1, 4:22*am, spamtrap1888 > wrote:
> On May 31, 11:21*pm, "Storrmmee" > wrote:
>
> > i was just listening to a radio show, Howard Clark, maybe... he made the
> > comment that of the three most popular places to visit, london, Paris, and
> > Rome, that pickpocketting was most often occuring in Rome. *I have no reason
> > to doubt he was quoting a reliable source, but it struck me as odd So if you
> > know could you confirm or deny please,
>
> Of Euro cities I've been to, from accounts of people we met,
> pickpocketing was the worst in Madrid. Rome's gypsies were mostly
> extremely bad musicians trying to demand payment for torturing our
> ears.

Venice was once a top spot. I wore a moneybelt.