The basic moral of her story is, if you're going to let your husband go off for the day with an Italian he met on the internet, make sure you have a means of keeping in touch...

Dear Michael,

We have owned a mobal phone for several years and find it helpful when we travel to Italy - especially in Florence where you cannot hail a cab from the street - rather you need to call the cab company to secure a taxi ride.

However, last year while in Florence we found the true value of having access to our Mobal phone.

My husband Phil is an avid fly fisherman and while planning our week stay in Florence, he found a fly fishing guide over the Internet. Phil made arrangements over the Internet with Marco to meet at the Florence train station and Marco would then drive them about 2 hours west of Florence to the headwaters of the Tiber River for a day of guided fishing.

I enjoyed a wonderful day of shopping while Phil and Marco were fishing. I was looking forward to a late romantic dinner with my husband that evening, when I received a call on our Mobal phone around 6:00 p.m. from Phil. What I learned was that Marco had lost the keys to his car somewhere along the Tiber River.

At this point, it was dark, my husband was hours away, in a foreign country, wet (it started to rain), cold (all their rain gear was locked in the car), without transportation, and with a fellow who spoke little English that he met over the Internet. To make matters worse, this stranger not only had my husband and his passport, but also access to a set of keys to our apartment in Florence.

For a moment a huge wave of panic flooded over me.

All I could think about were the headlines in the US papers about the naive American who willingly got in a car with a stranger he met over the Internet and drove away never to be seen again, while his wife was found dead in a Florence apartment where there had been no sign of forced entry!

Luckily, this story has a happy ending!

Phil kept me informed via our Mobal phone as Marco tracked down a friend in Florence who drove out to their secluded river location with an extra set of keys. Phil and Marco walked about 4 miles in their fishing waders and creek boots and found a kind bar owner that allowed them to eat and drink for free until Marco's friend arrived with the keys and access to their wallets.

While it was too late for a romantic dinner by the time Marco dropped Phil off at our apartment, we did us our Mobal phone to cancel our reservations and make them for the next night.

Thanks for offering such a great product and service.

Regards,
Alison and Phil Spare

As you can see, having a means of communication is very important...

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