Be careful in Italy! 在義大利要小心!

I travelled to Italy in January 2014.
Some things happened and I shouldn't have made the mistakes.
我在2014年一月的時候去了義大利。
在義大利旅行時有些事情要注意。

1. Stamps 郵票
I bought some stamps in a shop where they also sale postcards.
The stamps for posting to Asia cost 2 Euro each, and they are fake.
Two days later, I bought some stamps in a post office.
It was official and CHEAPER!
我在賣明信片的地方買了一些寄亞洲的郵票，一張要兩歐，而且他們是假的。
後來我在郵局買的郵票還比較便宜。

 The three blue ones are the fake stamps. Don't buy them!
就是那些藍色的郵票，絕對不要買，因為寄不到。

2. Pickpockets 扒手
You might have already been warmed that there are many pickpockets in Italy.
And "luckily" me and my friend were chosen to be a target.
At the Termini station, 3 teenage girls and one lady with a baby in her arms followed us into the tube cart. They surrounded us and made a closed space around us. I could hear my backpack being zipped down. They couldn't get anything from us. We were approaching to the next station and the girls were  getting off the train, but one girl, around 14-15 ears old, shouted at me and gave me a punch on my arm. I felt sad for them. They were so young and they were in their own country. I would treat people who travel to my country as nice as I can be. It is a sense of pride. I want people to see the best of my country, Taiwan.
很多人都會告訴你去義大利玩要小心扒手，而我和我朋友就很幸運的被選中了，三個小女生和一個抱著娃娃的婦人尾隨我們上了捷運，我可以感覺到有人在開我的後背包(裡面沒有重要東西)，我朋友被擋住，到達下一站的時候，一個小女孩還往我手臂打了一拳。


3. Currency Exchange 換錢
If you can exchange enough money before travelling, then do so and always prepare more than enough. I made a really stupid mistake, but it is a very important experience. I needed to exchange more euro in Italy and I had some Pounds notes, so I went to an exchange desk and was ripped off. The rate was outrageously low, the fee was ridiculously high , and I was absolutely out of my mind that I didn't check the receipt but signed my name. And I regretted so much but couldn't do anything to make things right. The commission fee was around 9 Euro for one exchange.
出國前最好把錢換多一點，比你預估的多，誠心的建議你。 我在義大利的時候需要換錢，我拿英鎊直接兌換，匯率很低、手續費高，而且我又很不小心，總而言之不要那現金去換，會損失一大筆錢。

No matter how upset I was, I needed another exchange (I have to remind you once again, always prepare more than enough). This time a found an ATM which is called Euronet. I used my HSBC debit visa card to withdraw euro and the commission fee is  0 ZERO! Amazing!
Although the lesson is expensive, I am glad that I can share it with you.
因為太過愚昧，所以需要再換一次錢，這次我用我的HSBC Visa Debit card在Euronet的提款機領錢，結果，手續費是零!皆大歡喜!
雖然這次的教訓有點貴，但是學到了很重要的一課，就算要換錢也不要用現金，用卡。用卡的話，手續費是你辦卡的銀行訂定的，比較低。再來就是，出國前能多換一點現金就多換一點，否則玩的時候還要擔心去哪換錢。