Hi Pam,
Sieghard's suggestions are good ones. If you have no GPS apps, apart from
Google and Apple Maps, a cheap one that is useful here in Ireland and on the
continent, is Ariadne. Re the phones, indeed, we can buy Pay As You Go sim
cards for as little as 5 Euros a month, which will give you some calls, texts
and some data, but for 20 Euros you can have unlimited internet access for the
month, plus calls etc. This is great unless you live in Tipperary, where phone
coverage is very iffy, to say the least!!
Indeed, you should look out for my Hoover, it has developed greedy habits.
I made, the other day, the most delicious, and I do mean, the most delicious
Lemon Drizzle Cake! I had to cut the last quarter into slices, as demand was
high (did I say it was truly delicious?) Unbeknown to me, I had slid a slice
off the plate with my sleeve, whence it fell to the floor. Along came my Robot,
and ate it!!!
Hope you have a lovely holiday and that the weather behaves itself for yyou.
Sandy.
sent from the dark side of the moon
> On 14 Jul 2016, at 18:28, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote:
>
> Hi Pam,
>
> As for free offerings I would say Apple Maps and Google Maps would be your
> best and most accessible options.
> You may want to check with Sendero about getting a one-month subscription for
> the UK version of the Seeing Eye app and Blindsquare, if you already own it,
> will probably work well in England and Ireland.
> As for data you should see if you can get AT&T to unlock your phones or at
> least one of them. This way you could get a prepaid plan in the UK and I'm
> sure some of the list members from England can give you some information, but
> you can get some pretty good plans in many European countries for not all
> that much money.
> Lastly, when you stop in Ireland make sure Sandy's robotic vacuum hasn't
> escaped although my understanding is that has pretty good collision avoidance
> so you are probably safe *smile*.
>
> Regards,
> Sieghard
>
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> Subject: Using GPS Apps in the UK
>
> Hi All,
>
> My husband and I will be taking a cruise that stops at ports in England,
> Scotland, Whales, and Ireland. We are both blind, and are looking for
> recommendations for good GPS apps we can use there while walking and/or
> taking taxis.
>
> We live in the U.S. and we are also looking at the AT&T plans for data usage
> while we are overseas. The cheapest one is for 200 meg of data. I do not
> really have a good idea of how far this would go while using any online maps.
>
>
> Any thoughts on this?
>
> Thanks.
> Pam
>
>
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