If you’re not constantly on guard, you’ll have something stolen. One summer, four out of five of my traveling companions lost cameras in one way or another. (Don’t look at me.) In more than 30 summers of travel, I’ve been mugged once (in a part of London where only fools and thieves tread); my various rental cars were broken into a total of six times (broken locks, shattered windows, lots of nonessential stuff taken); and one car was hot-wired (and abandoned a few blocks away after the thief found nothing to take).<ref>[https://www.ricksteves.com/travel-tips/theft-scams/outsmarting-pickpockets Outsmarting Pickpockets and Thieves] by Rick Steves</ref>}} | If you’re not constantly on guard, you’ll have something stolen. One summer, four out of five of my traveling companions lost cameras in one way or another. (Don’t look at me.) In more than 30 summers of travel, I’ve been mugged once (in a part of London where only fools and thieves tread); my various rental cars were broken into a total of six times (broken locks, shattered windows, lots of nonessential stuff taken); and one car was hot-wired (and abandoned a few blocks away after the thief found nothing to take).<ref>[https://www.ricksteves.com/travel-tips/theft-scams/outsmarting-pickpockets Outsmarting Pickpockets and Thieves] by Rick Steves</ref>}} |