I agree with Kathleen. When you replace your phone, get one that takes an eSim. It’s so much easier! As another Canadian, I can’t speak to the locked/unlocked question in the US but even before the rules changed in Canada, if I bought a phone directly from Apple, it came unlocked. Not sure about other manufacturers as I’ve been an Apple user since I got my first smartphone.

My phone tells me whenever I’ve left my Scout (the device I’ve got on my bike) behind, as in every time I leave the house. Al has his notifications turned off, but I’ll live with the occasional beep instead of forgetting to turn the app’s notifications on.

I love the little white bike in honour of the White Jersey! V-G was the start of the second stage this past July.

All phones in Canada are unlocked so I don’t know if this information is helpful or not. We buy e-sim cards (embedded sim) from Airalo. They are a reasonable price, we paid $37 for 10 GB of data for 30 days Europe wide. What I like best is that you just turn off your home sim and turn on the esim on the plane when you land. They are data only so we use WhatsApp.

Just wow!

You’ve got Basque writing on your house? That’s pretty far from the homeland.

We used the Tmobile European option for several years but 2 years ago they said we used it too much and wouldn’t let us use it any more. This was because we used it for 9 months. That’s when I went to a European SIM card for the same price. I will send you an email later with more info. The problem you will have using a SIM card is that the phone has to be unlocked. I think you are better off using the Tmobile overseas data.

You said the magic word, flat. I'm putting this one on the list.

With a touch of Dali, maybe.

Andy Warhol meets Michaelangelo meets a manga artist...

Are there any birds eating the seeds? A house close to us has some sunflowers along the fence and a host of birds hanging around. I presume to eat the seeds? There are no obvious feeders.

Speaking of SIM cards, how does it work, going country to country? Is there such a thing as a universal European SIM card? This summer we paid $50. per phone/per month to TMobile for European service. It worked well and was easy, but wasn't cheap. I just killed my phone today (dropped it just wrong). If I go to TMobile for a replacement, it is locked and I can't use a SIM card. The closest Apple store to me is in Denver, which means I will need to order a phone mail order, if I want to be able to replace a SIM card.

Perhaps that's more back ground that you want, but I am suddenly interested in SIM card use.

Chiffon rose of Sharon?

https://www.provenwinners.com/plants/hibiscus/magenta-chiffon-rose-sharon-hibiscus-syriacus

You need to travel with Robin. She's amazing at scouring the rooms we leave and the places we visit - we never lose anything, despite my best efforts. :)

Of course now that I've written that, something will go wrong! :):)

Youth center (thanks, Google translate). Basque is geek to me, even though we have it on our house.