[stunsworth]

I posted a question on the LUG about security in Barcelona, and so far most of the responses have been that provided you take the usual precautions for an area filled with tourists there shouldn't be a problem. The one major dissent was from someone who suggested lining your camera bag with chicken wire and threading a steel wire though the strap if you were ever going to shoot away from home - note this was general advice not Barcelona specific and I think he was being serious.