> Travel in
> Europe is no different than any travel (especially during the tourist
> season), and comes with the requisite warnings.

I disagree; travel in Europe is distinctly different from what most
Americans are used to, "especially during the tourist season". The
difference being that, at any given time, there are many more "furriners"
(American and other), both per square km and per native caput, in most any
European location than there are in almost any US location. IOW, there are
lots more people from Dallas in Paris than those of Parisian persuasion in
Dallas. That being the case, the ratio of potential "marks" for pickpockets,
con artists, etc. to less likely native targets ("spaces"?) is higher, so
the relative concentration of people engaged in those "occupations" is also
higher--a lot higher. Which doesn't mean that there are necessarily any more
criminals per useful citizen there than anywhere else; but the ones that do
exist are smart enough to fish where the fish are.

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