Cheers mate.
France and then Spain for us. Possible that UK gets tacked on. First time in Europe for me. Apparently the Frenchies will take my fingerprints 
. #Interpol
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Iâve got dual passports and have been to France at least 30 times over the years and never had fingerprints taken.
I was curious to see how immigration at Rome went with the biometric system EU have/getting in place.
They werenât doing it when I arrived. So no fingerprints taken.
I was checking online leading up to leaving and Italy were switching its use off and on depending on⌠whatever.
Country dependent it seems as they bed it down.
You need an ETA for UK
Daughter is using Simify now with success in UK & Europe including the Balkans (not all esims provide coverage in all countries fyi). We are using Simify in NZ and will use it in Turkiye in a couple of weeks. First time using an eSIM, happy with Simify who are Australian with good reviews for support.
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Used Holafly in 2024 when I was in Europe - Berlin, Poland, Vienna, Budapest and had no dramas. Coverage was great.
theyâre still smarting over the Battle of HattinâŚ
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Iâve been using Holafly. Had no issues
That was Guyâs fault. Never listen to the Templar Grand Master. Nutters.
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Thatâs always been my experience. And regional too. Beautiful system and fantastic trains..
Just realised one thing I didnât consider are my transits in Heathrow and Singapore. Only have Italy coverage.
I get wifi in lounges, but if i need something doing beforehand then i guess I either go for public wifi or go analog and ask a human. I believe the latter are still a thing.
Yeah, we have a layover in Hong Kong but i wasnât necessarily going to bother for the sake of a few hours.
I know for sure Singapore Changi has free wifi throughout the airport, so you should be good there.
I would think Heathrow should have something similar? Aceman will know.
cheers - iâm not worried about it. Just an âoh yeahâ moment realising this eSim isnât for my whole trip.
BA first lounge has good wifi. I assume others would too.
Qantas Heathrow lounge does too.
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While sirport has free and decent wifi.
The wife uses it all the time.
The individual lounges can offer better wifi too.
I just have global roaming on everywhere so doesnât really affect me much
I have travelled through Europe for months with people who have bought an e-sim. They have no end of trouble getting it to work, and itâs very expensive for what you get.
If you are only going for less than a month, you might be better in Australia just signing up to a cheap unlimited internet plan with a Vodafone, which works throughout Europe.
Just sayingâŚ
I think the one I got was BCENGI. Worked fine, no issues.
I just use my global roaming. $5 extra a day to access all my data. Only problem I has was this year on Naxos island. But in 1 certain spot only and even the wifi there was dodgy.
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