Yes, even as we approach the 3 week mark of this journey through Greece, my iPhone has been attached to my hand.
Mostly, as my camera, which has exceeded my expectations. I'm normally a 35mm, 1600 speed film aficionado for my other trips. But I took enough test pictures at day, night, distance, close up, and decided that I would do this trip entirely digital, and effectively "low tech" (e.g., no zoom lens or exceptionally fast shutter). As a result of "film being cheap" being replaced by "bits are even cheaper", I have taken over 1500 photos. And no, no one is going to look at all those, except me. I'll get it down to 50 or so that matter and then from there, we'll pick the 3 (or possibly 6) for the wall. Maybe we'll even post the contenders for comment.
But we have also had a personal MiFi, a portable internet service provider through XComGlobal, which has been amazing. We can sit in a restaurant or drive to our next destination or hike in the mountains and get wifi (and email, not that when we were endlessly climbing to the acropolis of Alifira, I cared about my email as much as Google satellite maps). Our next international trip is going to involve another personal MiFi, as I can't imagine traveling without, plus it has saved us so much time and aggravation that I can't even begin to express.
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