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Originally Posted by JudgeSmails 
We all know Kate is like our resident ninja. If anyone can blend in unseen and without making the entire world aware of her presence it's the Princess.
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Eh, maybe. I don't know. I feel really self conscious in crowds, even though I know everyone is not paying attention to me it feels that way sometimes.
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Originally Posted by Mattioli 
Nah, she's our resident Marcus Brody. "[Sh]e's got a two day head start on you, which is more than [s]he needs. [Princess]'s got friends in every town and village from here to the Sudan, [s]he speaks a dozen languages, knows every local custom, [s]he'll blend in, disappear, you'll never see [her] again. With any luck, [s]he's got the grail already."
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Mattioli clearly paid close attention to the old proverb in my sig

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Originally Posted by agracru 
Only if you give them an opening. Like I said, do your homework. Study the areas you're traveling to. Don't go anywhere with total strangers. That's just common sense wherever you are.
I've been abroad a ton of times in my life and, following basic rules, been just fine. You're being paranoid.
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I'm sure you're right, to some degree. I've traveled in Boston, NYC and even DC (late at night, during the Obama inauguration) without incident. All the same, I get freaked out thinking about people targeting me because of my nationality/race/sex. Paranoia or just common sense, whatever you want to call it I still get freaked out by unknown situations.
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Originally Posted by Frankypanky 
Deranged globe trotting dutchmen don't tend to be in Amsterdam. Because of all the globe trotting and stuff. Eh, right?
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Fair point. Though in fairness the charming backpacker/drug smuggler/rapist from TRANSIBERIAN was a Spanish guy.