Swimming Up The River

No I'm not there yet.  But one part of my plan has just crumpled into dust.  Three months ago or so I purchased an iPhone 4.  This was not an impulse-driven decision.  I researched it, and planned, and came to the conclusion that this would be the perfect phone to have in Italy.  It arrived, I downloaded a few Europe-specific GPS applications, and even a brilliant app. for the Venice Biennale made specifically for iPhones.  I was so perfectly set up , and totally in love at this point with the phone.  I mean, faced with a raging fire in my home, I would probably dive back into the flames to retrieve it.  (Love apparently is inversely proportional to common sense).  However, Verizon has just informed me that this  iPhone is not a GMS-compatible device (who the heck knows???) and Italy is a GMS country.  So the iPhone will not work there.  What????   So I'm having to rent a Blackberry device that will have my same number (good), will be able to operate as a GPS (fine), but will cost a ridiculous amount of money to use (bad) and will not be able to use the wonderful Sotheby's Biennale application designed specifically for iPhones (horrible).
Signed,
non-GMS Diane in a GMS world

And So It Begins...

I'm about to embark on a month-long journey through Italy.  Or at least a part of it.  This blog will be my journal of  discoveries and adventures, and will hopefully include plenty of pictures as well as commentary. Our trip begins on Tuesday, June 21. I 'm happy to share the ride with you, so hop aboard, buckle up and hang on!

8:47:00 PM

by Diane