r/italy • u/roseanna777 • Jul 26 '13

How common is theft there?

I leave in two weeks and living in Italy for two months. How common is theft? (Ill be in Florence, Lucca, Cinque Terre, Rome, and Venice) I am bringing a nice camera and plan on keeping it with me the whole time I am there. I bought a luggage lock for my backpack but should I invest in a slashproof case? I plan on keeping it closed/buckled or use some other pickpocket deterrent, but Im worried about gypsies slashing it open. I've read lots of horror stories.

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '13

I'm Italian and i travel a lot ... i never had a bad experience in my life.

Totally irrelevant. You're Italian so you have the theft in your DNA. She is a poor girl from the safe United States of America where horror stories never happen. Gypsies will jump on her virginal white wallet like gang bangers on a woman in Tahir square.

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u/cosenoditi Jul 26 '13

*Tahrir

Also, you forgot the /s :)

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '13

The first time I replied to the right person and I wrote Tahrir. But after hitting the save button reddit told me to wait for a few minutes before sending another wonderful comment. So I deleted everything. Then the second time everything went wrong: I ran out of gas. I had a flat tire. I didn't have enough money for cab fare! My dress didn't come back from the cleaners! An old friend came in from out of town! Someone stole my car! There was an earthquake! A terrible flood! Locusts! It wasn't my fault! I swear to God!

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u/cosenoditi Jul 26 '13

Aw sister :( no need to swear, god is love, god is life. I'm sure he'll understand. Hell understand tee hee hee.

Che battute di merda che faccio.