Eve: Today we were taking the Rome Metro to the Villa Borghese area. For all of you who have never been to Rome think Christmas sale at Macy's crowded. We had to push and elbow our way onto the train and grab the hand rail--no seats. Dad was on my right and Mom on my left. The train jerked at the first stop and Dad was thrown because he wasn't holding on. I helped him find a place to hold on and then I noticed a 5 foot tall man holding onto Dad's back. I thought he was just off balance and would step away but he was like a little burr on Dad's back. Then I looked down and noticed his hand in Dad's right front pants pocket. I grabbed his hand and twisted it saying, "take your hand out of his pocket." The man said, "no, no." I told him to go away and he moved in front of Ian by the door. I called out "thief" and pointed to him, but Ian and Eric didn't hear me. The guy got off at the next stop.
Eric: We didn't hear & it's probably a good thing. Who knows how it might have gone down? We probably missed filing a police report and paying someone's hospital bill.
