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Safety! Recent reports say pickpockets & thefts are way up in Spain
I think taking time in Madrid, which is a wonderful city, is a great idea. It gives you time to adjust to time changes (you'r coming a long way, too, from Australia) and be ready to function in a foreign country. Thanks for your concern related to the hurricanes in Hawaii. We live on Oahu and...- tploomis
- Post #40
- Camino de Santiago Forum: 🇪🇸 Camino del NORTE (from Irún)
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Safety! Recent reports say pickpockets & thefts are way up in Spain
There was a large board listing departing and arriving trains and their tracks. Our problem was that we did not see our train listed, and we were reading it all in Spanish, which made some of it a bit ambiguous for us. However, our real problem was that we were early to the train station and our...- tploomis
- Post #36
- Camino de Santiago Forum: 🇪🇸 Camino del NORTE (from Irún)
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Safety! Recent reports say pickpockets & thefts are way up in Spain
I think the Atocha train station in Madrid is a safe place, as long as you take precautions and don't telegraph to others that you are vulnerable. I completely forgot about pick pocketers as I was blundering around. If I had thought about it for two seconds, I would have made sure my wallet was...- tploomis
- Post #35
- Camino de Santiago Forum: 🇪🇸 Camino del NORTE (from Irún)
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Safety! Recent reports say pickpockets & thefts are way up in Spain
Nice to know I'm not the only one who has succumbed to a woman's charms!- tploomis
- Post #24
- Camino de Santiago Forum: 🇪🇸 Camino del NORTE (from Irún)
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Safety! Recent reports say pickpockets & thefts are way up in Spain
I was pickpocketed in the Atocha train station in Madrid in September, 2013. And my wallet was on a tether, too! I was distracted by the woman's attractiveness, the impression she was trying to help us find the right train track, and what appeared to be an accidental bump just as the deed was...- tploomis
- Post #22
- Camino de Santiago Forum: 🇪🇸 Camino del NORTE (from Irún)
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LIVE from the Camino Is it just me???
I remember feeling a sense of sadness that the walk was over. It was never really about the destination for me. I always had a sense of detachment from the mythologies surrounding Santiago and St. James and their present day representations. The fanfare of Santiago, the bagpipes, the people in...- tploomis
- Post #35
- Camino de Santiago Forum: 🇪🇸 Camino del NORTE (from Irún)
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