On Wed, 1 Jun 2011 19:08:54 +0200, "Giusi" > wrote:

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> "Giusi" > ha scritto nel messaggio
> > "sf" > ha scritto nel messaggio
> > "Giusi" > wrote:
> >>
> >> Would you please post that site? I have friends who are planning on
> >> visiting Barcelona soon.
>
> We were all shocked at what happened, because we are used to pickpocket
> gangs and gypsies at train stations and near the Vatican, but this gal is 6
> feet tall and was walking in the company of two other really big gals after
> dinner on the Ramblas and because her shoulder purse was well attached to
> her, this big Arab picked her up like a football tackler and dumped her on
> her head. She had everything in that purse and knows she was a fool.
>
> Violence like that is so rare here. Unless you wander into the wrong
> neighborhood, it's rare most places, but las Ramblas is the right
> neighborhood.
>
I know. Still can't forget the German tourist who was killed here a
few months ago. Just some random couple on vacation who got caught in
the crossfire of a gang war that had been taken to the Union Square
theater district area.

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