[Idyllchat] Wearing a fanny pack in Paris

[Walt Slazyk]

I have a number of "travel" garments from TravelSmith.  These garments have numerous pockets in different places.  Some of them have zippers and some of them are very, very deep. Others are accessed through slits where there are normally just seams.  These designs are supposed to thwart pickpockets.  
 
I keep items that I need readily in these security pockets when I travel and thus I feel my important 'stuff' is safer.  Whether that's true or not, I really can't say since I haven't traveled to any of the places notorious for pickpockets (e.g. Rome).  Maybe someone on this forum can say if such specially designed garments really prevent theft.
 
Walt Slazyk
Downers Grove, IL
 
p.s.  One technique I use when I go into the city (Chicago) is to fold my handkerchief over my wallet and put it in my left front pocket.  This pocket is supposedly harder for right-handed pickpockets to enter cleanly. And if they do, they grab your handkerchief instead of your wallet. 


>>> "Bill Kover" <ShutterbugBill at verizon.net> 3/28/2008 3:44 PM >>>
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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