Sydin posted:

Very first thing that happened when I stepped out of the airport in Naples was the cab I took trying to charge me 70 euros for a ~2 mile trip across town to my hotel. Unfortunately I was jet lagged as gently caress and did not share a language with the driver (he wrote the amount on a piece of paper and handed it to me) so I just ended up paying it instead of getting into a fight with somebody I couldn't communicate with. I'm sure as a lone international traveler fresh off the plane with bags under my eyes I looked like the easiest mark in the world, and lo and behold I was!

Italy was just absolutely full to the brim with scammers on the prowl for tourists, it was ridiculous. Naples in particular - presumably because it's such a popular destination for international tourists - but Rome had it pretty bad, too. Meanwhile on the same trip I also spent time in Vienna and Copenhagen and encountered nothing of the sort, unless it was hidden from me exceedingly well and/or I was just a dumb dumb.