Rome is a huge city and has... and other Rome, Italy Local Custom Tips

Rome is a huge city and has problems like any other city but a few things stand out. There are a great number of purse snatchings and backpack 'slits', done with a very sharp razor slitting the bottom of your backpack so all the contents fall downward...it is done with such skill that the thief is gone before you know it. ALSO Italian men are notorious for being aggressive. While riding the metro one female friend of mine was pinched so hard it looked like she had been hit in the butt with a pool cue it was so black and blue. Thereafter, when we went on the Metro I made it obvious I was WITH her...and it quelled the digital attacks. We also agreed that it was safest if I more or less stood so I was firmly abutted to her rear quarters. Being the complete and total gentleman my mother raised me to be, I obliged. *sigh*
the things we men will DO in the name of CHIVALRY,,eh?
I considered it my solemn DUTY!

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