Hey everyone,

I'm Sergio, from Italy.

I came here to Valencia this summer with my friends with two things in mind, and I will say them in order, even if it sounds selfish (maybe the order is not the real one, but as of now I can't stop thinking about it):

\- Take a photo of the eclipse

\- Create some beautiful memories with my friends

A few days ago we went to the beach with the goal of staying there until early morning of the next day.

The day was going beautifully, and at around 20.30/21 I started taking photos of my girlfriend and my friends with the sunset behind.

Bags were near (like REALLY near) but in that unfortunate moment, everyone of us was with his back turned away from my backpack, and someone silently took it.

As soon as I saw that it was missing, me and my friends started searching everywhere, and then we went first to the Policia Local (near the beach), but they then sent me to the Policia Nacional station.

I won't tell what happened there because it was a reaaaaally long night, even if it's a real fun and entertaining story, because right now I'm just angry and desperate.

In the photo you can find a short list of what they took from me, and:

\- I know it's a lot of things that could have been unnecessary, but we were going to spend the whole night there and I wanted to review photos with my tablet.

\- One thing is missing from this list, the most important one: a ND100000 55mm filter from K&F concept, bought for the eclipse.

And so, I get to the main point: I'm really desperate right now, even though the holiday is going beautifully and I'm scared of giving too many negative vibes in my group of friends (not that they told me or that they gave me the impression of it), but I wanted to know if anyone in Valencia or Palma de Mallorca (I'm going there tomorrow with a ferry leaving Valencia at 22.30) has something that I could use as a filter.

Something like:

\- Solar filter in paper, which I can engineer around

\- ND100000 55mm or ND1000+ND64 55mm (and then I'll manage with the aperture of my lens)

\- Anything else

I know it may sound like I'm throwing a stupid tantrum, and that I was REALLY lucky to still have my phone and wallet, together with the actual camera and tripod and all the things I had at the hostel, but right now I'm feeling this mix of negative emotions and this post was also a way to discharge some of this bad energy and maybe process a bit everything, so yeah.

If you got to this point, thanks for reading or even skimming this post.

I'm not hoping to get anything from this post, it's a way to manage the situation and to keep calm and discharge some stress.

My equipment for taking a photo of the eclipse was stolen.