Wind30 Turbocharged July 2, 2024 Share July 2, 2024 First photo of the trip. My wife got pickpocketed on the first day when we reach Barcelona sants station from the airport. Lost some money but thankfully no important documents. In our time in Barcelona Sants, we saw quite a few people reporting stuff to the police there... They have a small police office on station but you have to travel to another place to report the theft for insurance claim. Waiting for like 1 hour for a "translator" until the receptionist officer took pity on us and help us file the report. rest of the police is like totally useless and ignore you... We don't even want to catch the thief, just want to file the report and get it done. I have done a police report many many years ago in Austria for a lost Ipad and that took like a few minutes..... ↡ Advertisement 8 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wind30 Turbocharged July 2, 2024 Author Share July 2, 2024 Outside the police station. We arrived at 815am, police station is open but they say translator only come in at 9am. So we went outside to shoot photos... came back at 9am and waited until 10am still no translator. Honestly, the Spanish police force.... except the nice handsome male office who helped us to file the report, rest of them are completely useless. Honestly, I don't think they even bother going after the pickpockets as I googled the punishment for such crime is very low in Barcelona and thus all the pickpockets gather there as low risk.... 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wind30 Turbocharged July 2, 2024 Author Share July 2, 2024 (edited) Madrid. Edited July 2, 2024 by Wind30 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wind30 Turbocharged July 2, 2024 Author Share July 2, 2024 I Like Madrid though... 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wind30 Turbocharged July 2, 2024 Author Share July 2, 2024 The Spanish people and especially the Portuguese are all very friendly actually. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matoonia 6th Gear July 2, 2024 Share July 2, 2024 Hmm i've had a good experience in Barcelona. I see more petty crime and pickpockets in Paris/Italy 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spidey10 Supercharged July 2, 2024 Share July 2, 2024 On 7/2/2024 at 3:51 PM, Wind30 said: First photo of the trip. My wife got pickpocketed on the first day when we reach Barcelona sants station from the airport. Lost some money but thankfully no important documents. In our time in Barcelona Sants, we saw quite a few people reporting stuff to the police there... They have a small police office on station but you have to travel to another place to report the theft for insurance claim. Waiting for like 1 hour for a "translator" until the receptionist officer took pity on us and help us file the report. rest of the police is like totally useless and ignore you... We don't even want to catch the thief, just want to file the report and get it done. I have done a police report many many years ago in Austria for a lost Ipad and that took like a few minutes..... Shit! i read a lot on line regarding getting pick in Madrid and Barcelona....u didn't take precaution and put all the bags and carry it in front of u? heading there in Oct... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spidey10 Supercharged July 2, 2024 Share July 2, 2024 On 7/2/2024 at 3:56 PM, Wind30 said: Outside the police station. We arrived at 815am, police station is open but they say translator only come in at 9am. So we went outside to shoot photos... came back at 9am and waited until 10am still no translator. Honestly, the Spanish police force.... except the nice handsome male office who helped us to file the report, rest of them are completely useless. Honestly, I don't think they even bother going after the pickpockets as I googled the punishment for such crime is very low in Barcelona and thus all the pickpockets gather there as low risk.... i read they have a limit on the value...if anything below 400 euro....dun need to bother....what a way to start an adventure.. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wind30 Turbocharged July 2, 2024 Author Share July 2, 2024 On 7/2/2024 at 5:11 PM, Spidey10 said: Shit! i read a lot on line regarding getting pick in Madrid and Barcelona....u didn't take precaution and put all the bags and carry it in front of u? heading there in Oct... If you are really careful, which we are for the rest of the trip, it is pretty safe. I think my wife was just careless… but u have to be careful constantly which kind of sucks for vacation. If u read online, there are all sorts of thefts going on… 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spidey10 Supercharged July 2, 2024 Share July 2, 2024 On 7/2/2024 at 3:58 PM, Wind30 said: Madrid. Nice....more photo pls.......how many weeks there?....i have planned my itinerary liao...2 weeks! and booked a caddy...madria, barcelona and andulasia andulasia...can't wait... i 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spidey10 Supercharged July 2, 2024 Share July 2, 2024 On 7/2/2024 at 5:16 PM, Wind30 said: If you are really careful, which we are for the rest of the trip, it is pretty safe. I think my wife was just careless… but u have to be careful constantly which kind of sucks for vacation. If u read online, there are all sorts of thefts going on… indeed....gotta be really careful....but we have been to eastern europe...and came out unscath...so...hhhmm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spidey10 Supercharged July 2, 2024 Share July 2, 2024 I thot u were plannign somewhere else....ahhahah....didn't know u were planning for spain and Portugal as well...hehhehe... i am going to do some hiking too when i am there... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arogab Turbocharged July 2, 2024 Share July 2, 2024 Haha, nice to be there. But recently years in Spain, lots of these pickpockets. I haven't been to Portugal though. And peifu, you still got the calmness to go out take photos. Engjoy bro 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matoonia 6th Gear July 2, 2024 Share July 2, 2024 I mean that compared to Paris/italy, spain is much better from my own experience. Of course still got to take ur own precautions no matter where you go. many years ago, despite carrying money bag strapped to my chest, i still fall victim to a group of coloured crooks in the subway in Milan. 5-6 of them like just harrassed and push around in deliberate manner and before i could react my wallet was gone. the rest of the passengers in the train just mind their own business. i didn't give chase cos i was also worried for the safety of my wife and myself. then just made a report in the police post in the next station. Lucky not too much $ and covered by insurance. According to the officer, it's everyday affair. Barcelona was much much safer i feel less threatened, at least i don't see that many coloured people and touting around. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
teomingern 6th Gear July 2, 2024 Share July 2, 2024 On 7/2/2024 at 5:13 PM, Spidey10 said: i read they have a limit on the value...if anything below 400 euro....dun need to bother....what a way to start an adventure.. Just like US also... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
teomingern 6th Gear July 2, 2024 Share July 2, 2024 On 7/2/2024 at 5:16 PM, Wind30 said: If you are really careful, which we are for the rest of the trip, it is pretty safe. I think my wife was just careless… but u have to be careful constantly which kind of sucks for vacation. If u read online, there are all sorts of thefts going on… Yes... that's why I hate it... don't want to be on alert all the time... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
teomingern 6th Gear July 2, 2024 Share July 2, 2024 On 7/2/2024 at 5:18 PM, Spidey10 said: indeed....gotta be really careful....but we have been to eastern europe...and came out unscath...so...hhhmm I went in 2008, it was a lot more honest then I feel... it was just the early days of globalization and crime syndicates were not so entrenched in those countries yet I think... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wind30 Turbocharged July 2, 2024 Author Share July 2, 2024 On 7/2/2024 at 5:17 PM, Spidey10 said: Nice....more photo pls.......how many weeks there?....i have planned my itinerary liao...2 weeks! and booked a caddy...madria, barcelona and andulasia andulasia...can't wait... i Two weeks. Barcelona, Madrid, Santiago de Compostela, porto, Lisbon, montesserat, carcasonne. Took train mainly and a few private day tours. Did not drive. ↡ Advertisement 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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