RE: At a restaurant in Normandy last week an older guy came over to me noticing

Jun 20, 2019
7:49:10am

byulvn Walk-on

I don’t post often but glad you made it home. Didn’t see your nephew but got our daughter and we are still sitting in Nice. Great to talk to you all.

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At a restaurant in Normandy last week an older guy came over to me noticing my

IdaKoug

6/20/19 6:19am

What a bummer. I was in Paris last week too. The Metro

dadofkhec

6/20/19 6:25am

I was definitly warned. He ran $3,000 on my credit cards before I could cancel

IdaKoug

6/20/19 6:31am

Thank heavens for zero liability CC

Saxa

6/20/19 6:40am

My kids had made up a fake velcro Lightning McQueen wallet that they hope would

IdaKoug

6/20/19 8:10am

Ugh. Going to be on Paris metro in a few days. I'm always cautious but theyre

BYUfan92

6/20/19 9:16am

Compared to Italy and Spain, pickpockets in France are amateurs...

Emmett Fitz-Hume

6/20/19 11:33am

My wife got pickpocketed by a family in Paris last week

Shawarma

6/20/19 2:26pm

Spencer?

beantownblue

6/20/19 7:05am

Good thing it's not media day during the reunion

IdaKoug

6/20/19 7:20am

Yep. I was there too. Beaches are so amazing there. And Paris sucks.

Shore10

6/20/19 7:08am

Pickpockets have world class skills there, no doubt. As a city, not overrated in

MatthiasG

6/20/19 9:33am

Paris does not suck.

Tsisquan

6/20/19 11:49am

RE: At a restaurant in Normandy last week an older guy came over to me noticing

byulvn

6/20/19 7:49am

One of my kids favorite things was meeting other Cougs along the trip.

IdaKoug

6/20/19 8:14am

Was 8 months in Nice as a missionary (a long time ago). Say hello to the

NewMexiCoug

6/20/19 8:54am

I doubt he was a Ute fan. Sounds more like a BYU Fan making fun of Utah.

BOOHOLE

6/20/19 8:06am

Maybe so. I was friendly and if he would have stuck around maybe I would know

IdaKoug

6/20/19 8:08am

A Ute fan’s short conversation with you was what you led with?

Solomon Levi

6/20/19 8:18am

CB is a BYU sports page to me... I don't come here for serious dialogue. You?

IdaKoug

6/20/19 8:34am

Well that didn’t turn out how you thought it would.

theozfam

6/20/19 9:19am

I was in Italy and England last week. Saw more BYU gear than any other US univ.

SoValleyCOUG

6/20/19 8:23am

He stole your wallet and phone out of your front pockets?

El Paso Coug

6/20/19 8:37am

Ya. It was a large phone case/wallet. I had been looking at the phone for the

IdaKoug

6/20/19 8:40am

I was in Normandy not long after the 50th D Day anniversary. Same thing.

NewMexiCoug

6/20/19 8:51am

I couldn't believe how brutally long that distance was they had to cross @ parts

MatthiasG

6/20/19 9:42am

Seeing it first-hand was cool. I didn't understand hedgerow warfare and how

IdaKoug

6/20/19 12:51pm

Yep, hedgerow country was a bigger nightmare than the beach,

MatthiasG

6/21/19 10:34am

You should get the max compensation for a late flight leaving the EU.

jvquarterback

6/20/19 10:01am

Yep. Last time my family and I had a flight cancellation to Europe we made

Emmett Fitz-Hume

6/20/19 11:30am

$500 each X 7 is what they ended up giving us. The trip was Paris to SF non-stop

IdaKoug

6/20/19 12:59pm

PSA for future travellers to Paris:

Monomachos

6/20/19 10:19am

Nah just dress like you belong in Paris. I've never been targeted but I don't

jvquarterback

6/20/19 10:26am

I don't wear khakis, fleece or hiking boots either - or sandals, t-shirts or

Monomachos

6/20/19 12:52pm

^^ this - I wore an under-the-shirt/waist line pocket pouch - worked great for

OGSuperfan

6/20/19 1:39pm

You should wear these instead of mamma's shorts.

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