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cbayer

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5. Not true about pickpockets.

Reply to mainer (Reply #4)

Fri Jun 12, 2015, 08:48 PM

Jun 2015

Europe is wonderful. People are great. There is not more risk there than there is in the US.

Enjoy! Can't wait to hear your stories when you get back.

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Has anyone been to Barcelona or Madrid? [View all] mainer Jun 2015 OP

Been to both, elleng Jun 2015 #1

I love tapas, and I'm so looking forward to the dining experience! mainer Jun 2015 #2

They are both wonderful but amazingly different. cbayer Jun 2015 #3

Thanks! mainer Jun 2015 #4

Not true about pickpockets. cbayer Jun 2015 #5

We lived in Paris for 2 months -- both our visitors got pick-pocketed! mainer Jun 2015 #6

That's really unfortunate. cbayer Jun 2015 #7

Europe is wonderful but watch out for pickpockets in the major cities esp. Naples rhett o rick Jun 2015 #8

I found Naples scary. mainer Jun 2015 #9

I also found it scary. We enjoyed the museum but that's about it. We only rhett o rick Jun 2015 #10

visited both a couple months back - plus Sevilla DrDan Jun 2015 #11

Thank you! Any tapas places you can rec would be great mainer Jun 2015 #12

I will send you a couple of tapas recs - there was one in Barcelona in particular that was DrDan Jun 2015 #13

pm sent DrDan Jun 2015 #14