Robbed... almost...

Last night in the metro. Or actually on the stairs walking down the platform... Suddenly I see from the corner of my eye a hand trying to open the zipper of my bag. I think: "This is not my hand, but is´s on my bag... Something is not right" and I turn around immediately and kind of stumble in Spanish: "What were you doing with my bag? What was your hand doing there?"

The guy tells me nothing is wrong and I should calm down. And then I snap. Suddenly I become so angry, like I haven´t been in a long long time. I snap and tell him to f*cking get out of here cause he was trying to rob me!

I want to attack him, hit him, put my hands around his neck and try to strangle him, but all I can do, is just push him away, really hard and really far away. I hardly noticed I really scared the f*ck out of him and that´s why he probably spits on me, opens a bottle of water and just trows it all over me. And then he runs away. Fast.

When I look around me, I see people staring at me and telling me I looked really scary and that the guy was trembling. I just went so mad! Wauw. And I told him to f*ck of fast. I feel the anger inside me and the adrenaline going through my body. Man, I just told a robber to get lost and he just run.

Lately I hear more and more people getting mugged in Barcelona... I thought it was a matter of just watching your back and in the four years I´ve been here, I never got robbed. Ever. But after last night I tell you: really but the really watch your back/bag in Barcelona!

Here some tips:

* don´t ever leave anything of value on the table
* always keep your bag in sight and in front of you
* don´t leave anything of value in your back pockets (or in the pockets of your jacket)
* make sure you keep at least some money in a pocket (just in case)
* make sure some else has your keys (just in case)
* never take your credit card if you don´t need it
* leave your ID-card or passport at home (only take when you really need it)
* make sure you know at least one phone number of one of your friends by heart
* make sure you have all the important phone numbers written down at home
* take an insurance on your place (in case of fire or burglary) cause with most of them theft (with violence), they´ll cover lost of documents, mobile phone and keys up to around 500 euros