Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/10/23

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Subject: [Leica] Hoppy does Barcelona - first report
From: lug at steveunsworth.co.uk (Steve Unsworth)
Date: Tue Oct 23 11:43:39 2007
 
Thanks Nathan - and to all the others who responded.

Steve


On 23/10/07 05:15, "Nathan Wajsman" <nathan@nathanfoto.com> wrote:

> Steve,
> 
> Some people will have had bad experiences, and will no doubt recount
> them. But I have to say that I felt absolutely no threat in Barcelona
> (or any other Spanish city for that matter), not on this visit and
> not at any other time. Pickpockets are always an issue in places with
> many tourists, which certainly includes Barcelona (as well as Hoppy's
> other city on this tour, Amsterdam). But taking sensible precautions
> (don't use backpacks, don't keep your wallet in the back pocket etc.)
> will be sufficient. Certainly not a reason to not go there or to keep
> the camera in the bag.