Please be very careful when on holiday.
We were going back to the airport in the hire car and while we were in a traffic jam a motorbike rider told us that we had a flat tyre. {it was a different man to the one who robbed us cos the motorcyclist rode off through the traffic jam iyswim}
So we drove very slowly with hazzard lights flashing until we could get off the main road. {It was a 4 lane main road}
So we came off at the next junction and went into the car park of a primary school.
We had a mega flat tyre - in the car was an electric pump but that didn't make any difference.
Anyway we didn't know where we were - as the map didn't show it - and AVIS didn't provide the GPS SAT NAV system we had booked
So when this friendly man came along to help and give us directions to a garage - even though we didn't want a garage cos AVIS were coming to collect the car.
We were being very polite and listening to him and he was pointing away from the car and saying "SIGNOR" to DH to get his attention back to what he was saying iyswim
When he left we thanked him and then found that one of our hand luggage bags had been stolen from the back seat of the car. Obviously by a 2nd person.
It had our digital and video cameras and a pair of my sandals and a present DS had bought for us, and my filofax
We are most upset and angry about DS present that he bought with his own money and about the pictures and video that we have lost
We are of course pleased that we are safe and weren't hurt either by the car having an accident or by the man but we would rather have given him our wallets and all our money than the things he got
And we knew all about the warnings about distraction robberies but we were going to be late for our plane and we were very stressed cos we were lost we couldn't really speak much spanish and we were in an area that didn't speak english.
SO PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE LEARN FROM OUR EXPERIENCE AND ALWAYS LOCK ALL THE DOORS WHEN SOMEONE COMES TO "HELP" YOU
We are all very very upset and angry about this and so wouldn't want someone else to go through anything like this on their holiday