hooo..I second that about the passports/documentation. When we went to Barcelona for a visit we were walking back to the car and we noticed that our stuff was laying all over the street. We actually followed a trail of our bags, clothing, and other stuff back to the rental van. The rear window had been broken out! Turns out some Morrocans had done it and a trustworthy store owner nearby had heard the commotion and ran over to stop them. He owned a tourist sword shop and actually chased them off with a sword! He told us all about it when we returned. The theives left the Lladro we bought from the factory earlier that day (much cheaper there) but made off with my backpack including my passport. I know...VERY dumb to leave that locked up in a vehicle but I didn't even realize it was there. So we ended up at the US embassy waiting to get faxes back from our US relatives to prove who I was...this occurred up to just about an hour before our departure flight!!! My family was seriously thinking that I would have to stay in Spain and they would have to leave me till we could get the proper documentation returned to them! It was a nightmare. AT the last second we got the info and they escorted us to the airport so we wouldn't miss the flight. It was a huge mess that took up an entire day of our trip (we were dumb enough to wait until the last day to get the paperwork figured out) and was seriously embarrasing.


Leche

[This message has been edited by Leche (edited 11-06-2000).]