We hope you had an awesome Thanksgiving Weekend. Anyway, here are some fun facts about airport voices.

You probably already know her, at least her voice. We found a interesting video about 63-year-old Carolyn Hopkins. She’s the famous voice you can hear at over 200 airports and train stations around the world.
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Do you know Munich? Maybe yes. Munich is the home of the world famous Oktoberfest. Which is usually celebrated from mid September until first week of October.

Did you know, that you can go surfing in Munich?

Munich is several hundred miles away from the next ocean. Munich is likely not the first place that comes to mind when you think of surfing.
Yes, it’s possible!
We just discovered, that many locals (and world travelers) go river surfing in Munich. There are 3 surfing spots in the city of beer.

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What’s better? Using your own phone with your wireless plan from at home and paying for roaming or to buy a local sim card at arrival?

It depends what you want to do.

If you just want to call home, buying a local sim card can sometimes be cheaper. It depends on the carrier and plan you choose. Maybe your carrier at home offers international calling addons, which is also sometimes cheaper.

If you want mobile broadband for your netbook or smartphone on the go, then local prepaid sim cards are often cheaper.

An example:

Our carrier at home charges $10 / MB when roaming in Australia. Let’s say we need 50 MB of data to check emails, turn-by-turn navigation and a little bit Facebook. That would be $500.

Mobile broadband in Australia – What did we do?

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