If you are trying to reach me while I am in Europe the rest of the month, here's my international cell phone number.44 787 285-6925
Dialing from the US gets confusing. (...at least for me.)
As far as I know, you can dial 011 from the US. So if you are calling from the United States, you use 011 where the plus is. 011 to indicate it's an international call, 44 is the country code, 787 would be the area code and the rest of the number is the cell phone number. Ahhhh, I get it.
When I was in Berlin, I had to dial a "+" and THEN the 44 and continue to dial some numbers. If you are dialing from your cell phone, the plus sign usually happens when you hold down the "0" for a few seconds. Trust me, I looked for hours for the "+" on my phone. Finally when I was ready to smash the phone on the floor and stomp on it, someone helped me understand how to get the plus sign.
I just press some numbers and hope it works. If not, I look for someone who spoke the language of whatever country I was in and asked them what the fuck to dial.
My international number is based in the UK, but works all over. It's kinda like my US number is based in New Orleans but works all over the nation.
The calls are expensive when I am overseas, but who knows what might happen and when someone might need it. I understand the idea behind, "need to know". (...especially considering the kind of business I am in.) However, I generally think that the more informed we are as people, the better decisions we can make. Consider yourself informed. *wink*
