有的时候人要倒霉真是挡都挡不住。

不是有人坐在家里看电视，结果fall in a sink hole and die a while ago.

I still think Spain is a gorgeous country and worth going depsite the bad stoires we heard from here and there. We just need to:

1. Be prepared/on guard, so your chance to be pick pocketed or robbed of things important is lowered.

2. Let it go asap if you indeed got pick pocketed or robbed. I know it is easier to say than to do. But some people do it. I admire 顾大侠 lost his luggage in Madrid, then got his backpack stolen in Seville, yet he still enjoyed his trip and wanted to go back to Spain someday.

3. Don't wait till retirement to start travelling, do it now. I hate to say, but I think the taxi driver dared to drive off because these people are old. They can't chase him, or report him because they don't know the license number. Had them being younger, things might be different. Of course, if the old lady wasn't 80 some years old, she might not have the heart attack caused by the extra stress.