![]() (Don't look at me.) But in more than 4,000 days of travel, I've been pickpocketed just once (on the Paris Metro, on a rare day I wasn't wearing my money belt) and mugged a single time (in a part of London where only fools and thieves tread). One summer, four out of five of my traveling companions lost cameras in one way or another. ![]() If you're not constantly on guard, you'll have something stolen. If I were a European street thief, I'd specialize in Americans - my card would say "Yanks R Us." Loaded down with valuables, jetlagged, and bumbling around in a strange new environment, we stick out like jeweled thumbs. We're the ones with all the good stuff in our bags and wallets. Thieves target vacationers - not because they're mean, but because they're smart. While Europe has little violent crime, it does have its share of petty purse snatching, pickpocketing, phone grabbing, and general ripping off of tourists - especially in places where tourists gather.
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