Journal
Notes from the road.
Setup guides, roaming rules that keep changing, and what actually works in the countries you are heading to.
A phone number abroad: what it fixes, and what it does not
A travel number does not replace your own, and it will not catch your bank's code. What it solves is the call you cannot make from a messaging app.
Latest articles
Day trips from Rome: twelve that fit in a day
Eleven places within reach of a single day from Rome — how to get there, what it costs, and when to give up and stay the night.
Day trips from Barcelona: ten worth the train
Ten places an hour or two from Barcelona, with the trains that get you there and the ones that do not run on Sundays.
Day trips from Athens: twelve worth the early start
Twelve places you can reach and return from in a day — with travel times, fares, and the one thing about each that nobody tells you.
eSIM for Croatia: the coast, and ten foreign kilometres
In the EU, on the euro, three networks. The only thing to plan is the stretch of road near Neum — and what a coast holiday really costs in data.
eSIM for Greece: islands, ferries and data
Three networks, EU rules, and the thing that surprises people every August — coverage on a ferry is not coverage on land.
eSIM for Türkiye: the 120-day rule explained
Türkiye blocks handsets that used a local SIM, four months later. Roaming does not trigger it — and everything else worth knowing before you land.
eSIM for Italy: trains, tunnels and tickets
In the EU, on the euro, three networks. Nobody warns you how much of the fast train to Florence runs underground.
eSIM for Indonesia: Bali, boats and the first day
Seventeen thousand islands, no roaming agreement with anywhere, and apps that run a live map all day. What to sort out before you fly.
Installing an eSIM: the one step everybody skips
Install at home while you still have internet, and leave the line off until you land. What goes wrong comes down to three things.
EU roaming: what was abolished, and for whom
Roam like at home covers the EU plus three countries — and a fair-use cap you have probably never looked up. Where the line falls.
How much data do you actually need abroad
Messaging is nearly free. Photo backup is not. Real figures for a week away, and the three settings that decide most of it.
eSIM or local SIM: it is not about the price
A local SIM makes you a customer of that country. An eSIM leaves you a guest. When each wins — and why most people need not choose.
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