What I did on my summer vacation

[dfmacliam]

Its good you pressed the issue... I am sure this young man was confused as to the whereabouts of Scotland and the Sprint network...LOL.. I am sure he probably would have been hardpressed to actually been able to tell you where Scotland is, in the first place...
It makes you appreciate the educational system, these days...lol. but then again its been like this for ever I think... I recall as a child, someone asked my mom where she was from, because of her accent.. she replied Britian.. they told her she spoke pretty good English for a foreigner...

[The Wizard of BC]

Almost all cell phone service providers will sell you international roaming capability.

The cost is some what prohibitive if all you want to do is talk to the same people you can email though.

For me, I got lucky. If something had happened at the shop and I was not available via phone things could have been nasty.

All in all though not having the phone and email was a mixed thing.

The good part was that I got to talk to my wife.