Yesterday I mentioned that a woman had lost her purse to a motorcycle thief.
All day, I was extra careful with my camera bag with all my new toys in it (new leses, etc)
When we sat down for lunch, you ordered and then sat down and they would bring your food. I sat down after ordering to let my mum go order and I put my bag down and basically looked out the window. While I was waiting, I suddenly felt my spidey senses tingling and turned around to notice a man leaving with a bag similar to mine. I quickly looked down quickly to check on the satus of my bag and put it together -- he had MY bag. I immediately got up and ran after him as he was quickly making his exit out of the restaurant. As he got to the door, I grabbed the bag and him, and told him that he had my bag as well as adding a few choice words in Spanish that I learned from
Yaz (thanks!!) and walked back into the restaurant to the surprise of some Spanish citizens who had figured out what had happened.
Had I lost it, my camera and money would have been gone. NOT FUN.
So, lesson # 2 learned. Don't detatch my bag from my body -- ever.