[Idyllchat] thievery in Rome

[Russell Crum]

Your note reminded me of an add on comment to my earlier note about  
securing personal belongings. We never take our regular wallets with  
us on our international trips except when we drive to Canada. We  
realized that once we leave the US there are very few of the  
collection of cards in our wallets that are of any use in other  
countries. We stick to two credit cards, an ATM card, passport and  
drivers license (only if renting a car) all secured inside our money  
belts and/or neck pouch under our clothes. A small change purse and  
money clip handle daily cash needs in inside zippered pockets.

As someone already pointed out, the typical man's bulging wallet in a  
hip pocket signals loud and clear "I'm an American tourist with  
something easy to take".

Russ



On Jan 14, 2008, at 9:36 , ronald moline wrote:

> Alas, three years ago, my wallet was stolen out of the inside vest  
> pocket of
> my sport coat, before I was out of baggage claim at DaVinci  
> International
> Airport. Obviously, this was a stupid place to carry a wallet-- 
> probably the
> easiest pocket for a thief to pick a wallet. Incredibly, the wallet  
> was
> returned to me - mailed to my home in Oak Park, Illinois - by a German
> tourist who found it on a train in Rome. Only the money was missing.
>
> Ron Moline
> Oak Park, Illinois
>
>
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