Quote Originally Posted by ginapeterb View Post
Thats a good story Ian for all of us to be aware of, my advice is also, some of the help that we feel should be given by the British Embassies abroad is absolutely scandalous, my advice is not to rely on them.

Go to the Italian Embassy, the Dutch Embassy and the German Embassy, and say you would like help as a Eurozone Citizen, as you cannot get any response from the British Embassy.

I heard its a far better thing to do, and the Dutch, Belgian, German, and Italian, treat British as EURO ZONE citizens, in some cases offer better help than our own Embassy does, a thought for the future.
It certainly was a real eye opener for me. As I said, I think that most people would expect that the British Embassy would be there to help at the time of need and the money issue, if there was one, would be sorted out later.
Iain.