Rick Steves Pickpocketed in Paris!
Jul 15th, 2017, 01:09 AM
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rib, I agree.
A friend had his camera beg ,with very expensive equipment ,stolen at the airport in OUR very safe city as he was checking in.
Bad things happen to a small number of travellers ; sometimes it becomes magnified on travel forums. If one considers millions of people visiting Europe,
what would be a percentage of victimes of petty crimes?
Granted, I might have a slightly different view than several posters because it has never happened to me .
A friend had his camera beg ,with very expensive equipment ,stolen at the airport in OUR very safe city as he was checking in.
Bad things happen to a small number of travellers ; sometimes it becomes magnified on travel forums. If one considers millions of people visiting Europe,
what would be a percentage of victimes of petty crimes?
Granted, I might have a slightly different view than several posters because it has never happened to me .
Jul 15th, 2017, 02:01 AM
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People are afraid of things in foreign countries that exist at home.
Last year about 25,000 Americans died of gun shot wounds. (About half are suicide.) But you rarely see Europeans cite this as an reason not to come to the US. And when they do, they are usually met with derision.
Last year about 25,000 Americans died of gun shot wounds. (About half are suicide.) But you rarely see Europeans cite this as an reason not to come to the US. And when they do, they are usually met with derision.
Jul 15th, 2017, 04:28 AM
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Fuzz:
What on earth would you do to Betty Lou to cause her to pull out her "heat?"
I have lived here for 70 years and don't think I have ever been shot at but I have been pickpocket victim in Rome.
What on earth would you do to Betty Lou to cause her to pull out her "heat?"
I have lived here for 70 years and don't think I have ever been shot at but I have been pickpocket victim in Rome.
Jul 15th, 2017, 08:12 AM
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ribeir - "I have not been to the US for a number of years.
I fear the way one is "interrogated" at the point of entry." So for a two minute question period you've stopped travel to the U.S.? Perhaps you have something to hide!
I always carry a shoulder pocketbook. The body of it is therefore tucked under my arm so getting to it is not so easy. But that's what I carry every day in general living here in the U.S. I find it comfortable.
I fear the way one is "interrogated" at the point of entry." So for a two minute question period you've stopped travel to the U.S.? Perhaps you have something to hide!
I always carry a shoulder pocketbook. The body of it is therefore tucked under my arm so getting to it is not so easy. But that's what I carry every day in general living here in the U.S. I find it comfortable.
Jul 15th, 2017, 08:17 AM
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The criminal who pickpocketed Rick Steves is so disgusted with this topic has sent back his wallet and added some money.>
and a Rick Steves Guidebook to Paris with dangers of pickpocketing underlined.
and a Rick Steves Guidebook to Paris with dangers of pickpocketing underlined.
Jul 17th, 2017, 08:22 AM
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That bloody wall is easier to get over than being asked a aod of questions.
Anyways, back to France.
Because of the above link went over to the forum. Now the same thief could be at work in a hotel.
https://community.ricksteves.com/tra...-nantes-france.
Maybe France is not so safe as I thought. I will to look on how to get from Spain back to the Netherlands without going through France.
Anyways, back to France.
Because of the above link went over to the forum. Now the same thief could be at work in a hotel.
https://community.ricksteves.com/tra...-nantes-france.
Maybe France is not so safe as I thought. I will to look on how to get from Spain back to the Netherlands without going through France.
Jul 17th, 2017, 11:27 AM
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I will to look on how to get from Spain back to the Netherlands without going through France.>
Fly!
Maybe France is not so safe as I thought. I will to look on how to get from Spain back to the Netherlands without going through France.>
I'd say most of the rest of France is very safe - but for someone coming from Spain I'd say Barcelona and Madrid are much more dicey for tourist street crime.
Maybe skip over Spain too?
Fly!
Maybe France is not so safe as I thought. I will to look on how to get from Spain back to the Netherlands without going through France.>
I'd say most of the rest of France is very safe - but for someone coming from Spain I'd say Barcelona and Madrid are much more dicey for tourist street crime.
Maybe skip over Spain too?
Jul 18th, 2017, 11:11 AM
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<and practically any heavily touristed city has the same problems. >
Not in the US, though. Our gun violence is a disgrace, without a doubt, but facts is facts, as some great philosopher once said, and know no national boundaries.
Not in the US, though. Our gun violence is a disgrace, without a doubt, but facts is facts, as some great philosopher once said, and know no national boundaries.
Jul 18th, 2017, 11:14 AM
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Oh, and regarding "interrogation" upon entry, surely the US isn't the worst in this regard? I have always heard that Israeli security measures were the most thorough in the world.
Anyway, this is so hard to judge. I found German procedures a bit intense, as an American, but obviously an EU citizen's experience would be completely different.
Anyway, this is so hard to judge. I found German procedures a bit intense, as an American, but obviously an EU citizen's experience would be completely different.
