Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/10/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Oct 24, 2007, at 8:12 AM, Geoff Hopkinson wrote: > Felix, the thread seems to have distorted, which I suppose does > tend to happen. For our visit of several days we had absolutely no > problems either . Nor did we ever feel remotely threatened anywhere > we went. I'm pleased to hear another voice suggesting that > Barcelona needs only sensible precautions like everywhere. I can > think of several countries where I would not be comfortable at all, > of course. Also, to give a little perspective, having your bag or > wallet stolen must be horrible, getting assaulted or threatened > with weapons would be far worse. No muggers with guns or knives in > Barcelona that I heard of. No-one proposing to murder you to > finance a drug purchase or kidnap you for ransom or a political > statement either, as far as I know. the next installement of Hoppy's "travel diary" will hop to crime in Australia... :-) Steve > > Cheers > Hoppy > > >> From: F?elix L?opez de Maturana<felixmaturana@telefonica.net> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >> To: lug@leica-users.org >> Subject: [Leica] Re: Hoppy does Barcelona - street crime >> Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:25:26 +0200 >> >> >>> I rate Barcelona on a par with Tijuana, Naples and New Orleans. >>> And some parts of Rio. >>> >>> Jerry >> How many times have you, Jeery, been in Barcelona? I believe >> street crime is far behind New York or any of the towns you >> mentioned where excepting Tijuana I've visited. I travel to >> Barcelona several times every year for the last forty years and >> *never* had an incident. I've seen once an incident so the average >> is rather good. >> >> Regards. >> >> Felix >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information