[Idyllchat] Wearing a fanny pack in Paris

[Russell Crum]

Bill,

I have used my fanny pack in Paris, and other pickpocket prone places  
but only for my camera, a map, a small package of Kleenex and a small  
bottle of Purel. Even with the camera, I am very careful as to where  
the zipper end is located. One time on a Prague metro, someone  
managed to get it partially unzipped before I caught it. As much as I  
would regret loosing my camera, it is no where the problem of loosing  
my credit card, ATM card or passport.

Your wife might consider what my wife does. She wears her money belt  
under her clothes in the back in the small of her back. Obviously, I  
am the one who handles getting to ready cash and credit card for day  
use from my money belt. Normally, you know well in advance when you  
are going to need your passport so she can retrieve it in an  
inconspicuous location before needing it. Extra cash, our extra  
credit and ATM cards are safe for her to carry in the money belt.

The bottom line is that I would never carry my cash, credit card, ATM  
card or passport in a zippered fanny pack in Paris or anywhere else  
except walking through a meadow with only cows around.


Russ Crum


On Mar 28, 2008, at 16:44 , Bill Kover wrote:

> Eleanor hates wearing a money belt (or one that hanges from your  
> neck under her blouse).  She wants to wear a zippered fanny pack  
> when we're in Paris.
> I am against it at least for carrying cash, credit cards/debit  
> cards and passports.  We plan to use buses rather than the metro  
> while in Paris.
>
> Can anyone who has been to Paris give me advise regarding the  
> safety of wearing a fanny pack.  Maybe I should carry the passports  
> and my credit cards in my neck (under-shirt) security pouch and  
> leave Eleanor's copies of credit/debit card back in our apartment.   
> Does anyone have any alternative suggestions?
>
> Any advise would be appreciated.
>
> Bill Kover
> Piscataway, New Jersey
>
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