Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/10/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Oct 25, 2007, at 11:14 AM, Steve Unsworth wrote: > Thanks Luis, it's always good to have a perspective from someone > who lives > in the actual place. > > There was once a thread on an internet forum - can't remember if it > was here > or not - who described Paris in terms I could hardly recognise. It > was so > dangerous that he advocated carrying a tripod to use when fending off > 'gypsies'. As someone who was living there at the time I found this > quite > amusing. I totally agree Steve... I've lived in Paris, sometimes for long periods, with never a problem... I do believe that people who travel loaded with preconceptions and insecurity, will of course see danger everywhere... Steve > Maybe I'm generalising incorrectly, but it does seem to be the North > Americans who have the greatest expectation of being robbed when they > venture away from home. > > Steve > > > On 24/10/07 22:38, "Luis Ripoll" <luisripoll@telefonica.net> wrote: > >> I want add a general comment, I never had the minimum security >> problem on >> Barcelona, neither other cities on Spain and on the world. My >> office is >> beside the Ramblas, every day I go there, and after many, many >> years I >> frequent Las ramblas, Markets, Flea Market in Barcelona and I've >> never had a >> problem, neither see it, maybe I'm fortunate..., I take care also >> of myself. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information