On Jun 1, 8:41*am, Kalmia > wrote:
> 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.

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Same here for Mexican travel. If you want to avoid pickpockets the
best bet is to "stay home" as there are crooks everywhere.
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