[Leica] Hoppy does Barcelona - first report

[glehrer at san.rr.com (Jerry Lehrer)]

Daniel und Steve,

I rate Barcelona on a par with Tijuana, Naples and New Orleans.  And 
some parts of Rio.

Jerry



Daniel Ridings wrote:
> On 10/22/07, Steve Unsworth <lug@steveunsworth.co.uk> wrote:
>
>   
>> One of the possible venues is Barcelona, but some people seem concerned
>> about low level street crime - pick pockets etc. Did you feel unsafe or
>> venerable why you were in Barcelona?
>>     
>
> Steve,
>
> My 18-year-old daughter was in Barcelona a few months ago for a whole
> week. It was her first trip out on her own. She had heard this too
> (pick pockets, etc).
>
> So she didn't take her Pentax DSLR, but a compact Canon instead.
>
> She was really upset with herself. The reports of pick pockets wasn't
> anything she had to concern herself with once she was there.
>
> My wife ran in to some Rumanians standing around ATM:s and tried to
> make off with her 50 Euro bill, but she grabbed her, confronted the
> old lady and got her money back.
>
> I doubt that the pick pocket situation is worse than any other major
> city. The days when you could walk around Europe (at least walk around
> in the big cities) without worrying about this kind of thing is over.
> Barcelona is no worse than anywhere else.
>
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