September 20
I’ve been home for a week now and finally finished with all the trip pictures which are available in the Baltic and N&E Europe section.
Google Fi worked like a champ. I used data freely, maps especially, and it worked seamlessly on every street I visited in Russia-Estonia-Latvia-Lithuania-Belarus-Sweden. Really, I couldn’t believe it. Every border I crossed the phone piped right up “Welcome to ((all these countries, even countries I FLEW over!)) we’ve got you covered!”
And the total cost? Less than $35 per MONTH. You do have to watch out for phone calls – use wifi with the phone on airplane mode or pay $.20/minute which is ok for a quick message but no good for chatting. On wifi it’s free to call the US and very reasonable to other countries, but be sure to check. All texts are free.