Monday, April 26, 2010

Take that Pickpocketers...

One warning that Rick Steves' guide books states about many of the places that I am planning on visiting: "Remember, pickpocketing attempts throughout Europe can be expected unless you wear a moneybelt under your clothing. Smart travelers leave wallets at home and store their credit cards, passport, paper money and rail ticket(s) in a secure moneybelt." Well as a smart traveler I have my money belt ready to use. But as I was thinking about this phenomenon, I decided that I would like to see some of these performances. So I went out and purchased this:

"fake pickpocketers wallet"

I am going to put a note or some such in it and hope that I will not be coming home with it again...

3 comments:

Zoe said...

Haha!! What's the note going to say??

Combitos said...

You are so funny :) I had a lady in a subway try to pickpocket me in Italy... she came up behind me and started playing with my hair to try to distract me. My handy-dandy moneybelt saved me!

Combitos said...

Have FUN! And take LOTS of picture. And keep a journal so you don't forget everything when you get back. And make sure to tell us all about it when you get back :)