JeffoC6
Well-Known Member
I'm leaving for my Honeymoon on Monday, May 13th. We're going to Madrid for 4 days and the to Barcelona for 5.
It's in my nature to research, plan, and plot specific places of interest (tapas, restaurants, bars, the best place for *insert regional delicacy here*), etc.
So after all the research I've done, I realized something...While I know where those places are, how will I know where *I* am at that moment in time? Let me explain...
I've heard the horror stories about using your phone (I have an iphone 4s) in other countries and getting slammed with insane charges. So I've heard that the best thing to do when you arrive is to put your iphone on "airplane" mode and then turn your wifi to "on," and whenever you come across a free wifi connection, you can hop onto it and do your thing. Here's what I don't understand though, If I can't use my Google Maps app (which I'm assuming I can't because the airplane mode will be off), how will I ever know where I am in relation to my points of interest? For example, let's say I leave our hotel in the morning and take an 8 minute ride in the subway to a certain part of town, and then head into a pastry shop for breakfast. After I come out of that pastry shop, how am I able to identify on a large map of Barcelona (or Madrid) exactly where I am if I'm not able to use GPS?
Has anyone experienced this issue before? While it's awesome to have places of interest outlined all over the maps of the city, how do I even know if I'm near those places if I can't plot my exact location on a map using GPS?
HELP!
It's in my nature to research, plan, and plot specific places of interest (tapas, restaurants, bars, the best place for *insert regional delicacy here*), etc.
So after all the research I've done, I realized something...While I know where those places are, how will I know where *I* am at that moment in time? Let me explain...
I've heard the horror stories about using your phone (I have an iphone 4s) in other countries and getting slammed with insane charges. So I've heard that the best thing to do when you arrive is to put your iphone on "airplane" mode and then turn your wifi to "on," and whenever you come across a free wifi connection, you can hop onto it and do your thing. Here's what I don't understand though, If I can't use my Google Maps app (which I'm assuming I can't because the airplane mode will be off), how will I ever know where I am in relation to my points of interest? For example, let's say I leave our hotel in the morning and take an 8 minute ride in the subway to a certain part of town, and then head into a pastry shop for breakfast. After I come out of that pastry shop, how am I able to identify on a large map of Barcelona (or Madrid) exactly where I am if I'm not able to use GPS?
Has anyone experienced this issue before? While it's awesome to have places of interest outlined all over the maps of the city, how do I even know if I'm near those places if I can't plot my exact location on a map using GPS?
HELP!