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- From: puerta@camis.Stanford.EDU (Angel Puerta)
- Newsgroups: rec.travel
- Subject: Re: Info needed about Spain
- Date: 20 Nov 1992 08:57:06 GMT
- Organization: Stanford University School of Medicine
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- In article <1992Nov20.042611.26474@mech.t.u-tokyo.AC.JP> sato@ccc.pe.u-tokyo.ac.jp writes:
- >Hello, everybody in this group.
- >Now, I'm planning to have a trip to Spain and France in comming March.
- >I've read several guide books, but still have the following questions.
- >
- >1. Can I reserve a train of SNCF departing from Cerbere(a station on
- > the border between Spain and France), while I'm in Spain(Madrid or
- > Barcelona)?
-
- Yes.
- >
- >2. Am I safe at night in Madrid ?
- > I will arrive in Madrid about midnight. I hear it dangerous to walk
- > alone at night in Spain. Does any one tell me the actual situation
- > or what should I do. Of course, I will reserve a hotel room for the
- > first night beforehand.
-
- Well, I don't know where you got this idea, but anyway....Spain must be
- one of the safest places to walk at night mainly because so many people
- are out walking at night that it is hard to be alone (even in weekdays).
- During the weekends you'll see people on the streets of Madrid, and
- traffic jams at 2am.
-
- Now, for most of Spain, I would say walk as you please whenever you please.
- In Madrid avoid the Plaza Mayor and Gran Via after 1am. This used to be
- a nice place to walk a few years ago, now after midnight it tends to
- have unsavory characters roaming around, the vast mayority of them
- illegal inmigrants, which in turn attract the police asking people
- for residency papers. If you're Japanese, you don't have to worry
- about that. The Spanish police are not ashamed to use stereotypes
- when deciding who they will stop, and who they will not bother.
-
- Anyway, if you're a frequent traveller you already know that anything
- can happen to anybody in any part of the world no matter how safe
- that place may appear to be. So don't throw regular precautions out
- the window either. And as usual in Europe, watch out for pickpockets.
-
-
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- Angel Puerta
- puerta@camis.stanford.edu
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