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Oh yeah - that's a fave! And I can easily understand her South American accent (easier for me than Spaniards).
Too bad we never saw her in action.
Too bad we never saw her in action.
Good one!My own, tried and tested over numerous decades, tactic of looking like someone expelled from a homeless shelter, has always worked well......pickpockets avoid me for fear I'll hit them up for a Euro or two.
My own, tried and tested over numerous decades, tactic of looking like someone expelled from a homeless shelter, has always worked well......pickpockets avoid me for fear I'll hit them up for a Euro or two.
I highly recommend the under the clothes belts and/or neck pouches. When we are moving from place to place they hold most of our cash/cards and passports.An under the clothes waist belt may be in order. And protect credit cards, ATM card and passport with an RFID blocking wallet or with protector sleeves. Apparently all the big capitals where cruise ships go (Barcelona, Rome, Naples, Athens are loaded with pickpockets. I used a purse with locking zippers and a cable in the strap, wore across my shoulder and rested my forearm across the purse. DS had an under the clothes waist wallet and a regular fanny pack with a few Euros as a decoy. We kept a lot of things in our cabin safe, including a credit card, driver's license, keys we only needed when we returned home, most of our money, passports, and phones (this was before we had iPhones). When you are on a cruise, you get a card to get you on and off the ship. They scan your card when you board and your photo shows up on their screen. We also kept a copy of our passport photo pages with us but kept the actual passports locked up in the safe.
Pay no attention to the street artists on Las Ramblas. They are probably trying to distract you from your wallet.
From the preceding comments I'm starting to wonder if restroom breaks have to be very well planned, and scheduled waaay before the actual need arises....after all, deactivating the above mentioned security controls has to be time consuming?
From the preceding comments I'm starting to wonder if restroom breaks have to be very well planned, and scheduled waaay before the actual need arises....after all, deactivating the above mentioned security controls has to be time consuming?
There is an easier way. Just distribute your credit and debit cards, along with your cash, among your bodyguards. Then you don't have to carry anything and can just let them pick up the tabs. Simple and effective.
Bringing back this thread to ask a question regarding Andalusia region. I saw Rick Steve's video last night about this region and was intrigued by the some of the architecture of the churches in this region. But this might be a problem, the weather. I waited too long and all the off peak business class seats from British airways were gone. So the earliest I could be in this area is middle of June, will it be too late, i.e. too hot. Maybe I go next time. I was thinking of just doing Barcelona.
Overall, I'd recommend going in the shoulder seasons. May and September might be nice, and you'll probably be even more comfortable in April and October.
It wasn't bad when we were there mid-June. Only 106F or so some days But it's a dry heat. So I guess it depends on how you feel about average highs in the upper 80's, with the chance that it'll be 95-105 highs the entire time you're there (our experience almost the entire 2 weeks we spent in Portugal and southern Spain in mid to late June).
But honestly it really is a dry heat. 90F and 25% humidity feels like 75F and high humidity in NC. You sweat a little, clothes get damp, then get in the shade and the wind blows and 90F can feel chilly. Our 5 year old is a good barometer for heat - he melts in 90F temps at home but didn't have much of a problem with 95-100F here. We spent 6 hours outside at La Alhambra and it was 95F+ half the time.
FYI, I'd almost recommend skipping La Alhambra because of the hassle and the crowds if you're only going to Granada to see that. The Alcazar in Seville is sort of similar and much cheaper/easier to access and even offers free admission (Mondays at 6 IIRC).
Overall, I'd recommend going in the shoulder seasons. May and September might be nice, and you'll probably be even more comfortable in April and October.
Thank you for your information. If I do go there, I need to look careful at Airbnb with A/C. I don't know if I can deal with 106F degree, dry heat or not. My kid was in London a couple of days ago and she complained it was 86 degree.
Ssshhh.....
Said "no thanks" to waiting in any of the lines and enjoyed the outside of a lot of buildings
This is our established modus operandi....not to mention modus vivendi.