@Kaytee posted:

It's bad enough on the pavement 😂

Not half .....we drove a car there , that was bad enough ! 🤣🤣🤣

@Kaytee posted:

I chucked coins in.......but I've never gone back😂

Ditto .... on both counts 🤣🤣🤣

@Baz posted:

Ros ...did you get to Rome ?

no bazzy was  going to go on an overnight trip but was expensive and sounded an exhausting schedule

@Baz posted:

Not half .....we drove a car there , that was bad enough ! 🤣🤣🤣

I took a tour.....by bus 😂😂😂

@Rocking Ros Rose posted:

no bazzy was  going to go on an overnight trip but was expensive and sounded an exhausting schedule

I can imagine ....we stayed there for 3 days ....and still didn’t see it all ....and yes , it is expensive

@Kaytee posted:

I took a tour.....by bus 😂😂😂

🤣🤣🤣we flew in .....got a taxi from airport ....stayed 3 days .....then hired a car to take us down the coast , past Naples .....I spent the whole journey getting  out of Rome with my eyes shut .....it was terrifying

@Baz posted:

I can imagine ....we stayed there for 3 days ....and still didn’t see it all ....and yes , it is expensive

Did you see the dead popes in glass coffins in St Peters?😱😳

@Baz posted:

I can imagine ....we stayed there for 3 days ....and still didn’t see it all ....and yes , it is expensive

the trip was very expensive for what it was-we were staying near venice

@Kaytee posted:

Did you see the dead popes in glass coffins in St Peters?😱😳

No, I don’t remember that Kaytee ....although we did go into St. Peter’s ....but it was so crowded ....

You can keep Naples ....they mug you

@Kaytee posted:

Did you see the dead popes in glass coffins in St Peters?😱😳

think that has been on TV

@Baz posted:

🤣🤣🤣we flew in .....got a taxi from airport ....stayed 3 days .....then hired a car to take us down the coast , past Naples .....I spent the whole journey getting  out of Rome with my eyes shut .....it was terrifying

That happened to Mr KT.....he needed to get to the airport fast and told the driver to step on it .....he said it was an experience he'd never forget😂😂😂😂

Naples is quite lawless with pick pocketing rife

@Rocking Ros Rose posted:

think that has been on TV

Has it?........it was quite creepy

@Baz posted:

You can keep Naples ....they mug you

Toss up which is worse Naples or Barcelona

@Kaytee posted:

That happened to Mr KT.....he needed to get to the airport fast and told the driver to step on it .....he said it was an experience he'd never forget😂😂😂😂

Tell him nor have I 🤣🤣🤣🤣Mr B had to drive around the trevi fountain several times before we could get in the lane we wanted ....bearing in mind this is before sat nav ....so we only had a paper map

@Kaytee posted:

Has it?........it was quite creepy

think so kaytee- it rings a bell

@Rocking Ros Rose posted:

Naples is quite lawless with pick pocketing rife

Yes , Mr B had his pocket picked when we were on the outskirts!

Been to Herculaneum

@Baz posted:

Tell him nor have I 🤣🤣🤣🤣Mr B had to drive around the trevi fountain several times before we could get in the lane we wanted ....bearing in mind this is before sat nav ....so we only had a paper map

Crikey.....at least he was cowering in the back😂😂😂

@Baz posted:

Yes , Mr B had his pocket picked when we were on the outskirts!

oh no

@Kaytee posted:

Crikey.....at least he was cowering in the back😂😂😂

🤣🤣🤣we  had my daughter screaming in the back ......🤣🤣🤣

@Baz posted:

Yes , Mr B had his pocket picked when we were on the outskirts!

They tried to nick my sister in laws bag in the station.....her rather large husband knocked him one with his rucksack ......more than once😧

@Baz posted:

🤣🤣🤣we  had my daughter screaming in the back ......🤣🤣🤣

Glad I went on a bus😂

@Rocking Ros Rose posted:

oh no

And when we arrived at the beach hotel we were staying at .....just past Sorrento ....you could see them at work ....used to be in teams of 3 ....one bumped into someone and picked the pocket ...then passed it to another one ...then to a third on a scooter ....!

I'd like to go up to thecrater

An even bigger volcano .....bit like Krakatoa

@Baz posted:

And when we arrived at the beach hotel we were staying at .....just past Sorrento ....you could see them at work ....used to be in teams of 3 ....one bumped into someone and picked the pocket ...then passed it to another one ...then to a third on a scooter ....!

.😱😱😱

@Kaytee posted:

I'd like to go up to thecrater

No ta.....the one on Santorini was spooky enough !

@Baz posted:

And when we arrived at the beach hotel we were staying at .....just past Sorrento ....you could see them at work ....used to be in teams of 3 ....one bumped into someone and picked the pocket ...then passed it to another one ...then to a third on a scooter ....!

omg bazzy -terrible and most people are unsuspecting

@Baz posted:

No ta.....the one on Santorini was spooky enough !

Next time I'm there I'm going 😂

@Kaytee posted:

.😱😱😱

Once it’s happened to you you get hyper vigilant , so notice things .....they tried it on us again , but Mr B realised what they were up to and stopped , turned round and glared at them .... they soon got the message

bet those Pizza's  are nice

@Rocking Ros Rose posted:

omg bazzy -terrible and most people are unsuspecting

Sadly yes Ros .....we warned people we met  in the hotel .....but .......

@Rocking Ros Rose posted:

bet those Pizza's  are nice

Yes, yummy

@Baz posted:

Once it’s happened to you you get hyper vigilant , so notice things .....they tried it on us again , but Mr B realised what they were up to and stopped , turned round and glared at them .... they soon got the message

awww Mr Bbrilliant

@Rocking Ros Rose posted:

awww Mr Bbrilliant

Yes , you wouldn’t separate a Yorkshireman from his money twice

@Baz posted:

Sadly yes Ros .....we warned people we met  in the hotel .....but .......

we were warned about it and  took notice -same in London or any big city

@Baz posted:

Yes , you wouldn’t separate a Yorkshireman from his money twice

@Rocking Ros Rose posted:

we were warned about it and  took notice -same in London or any big city

Yes, we were very careful in Rome .....but took our eye off the ball when we stopped for lunch on the autostrasse