On 01/06/2011 10:41 AM, Kalmia wrote:
ow 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.


Any spot with a lot of tourists attracts pickpockets. Tourists tend to
carry lots of money, are usually distracted by the sights and the
crowds, and they don't want to come back to be a witness at a trial.