Ain't technology great? NOT!

raspberrysalmon is currently enjoying herself at a concert by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, led by guest conductor Bobby McFerrin. We'd made plans for me to call her on her cell phone to listen in to part of the concert while I was at the office.

So I buy a calling card, but I couldn't connect to her mobile phone with it. I can get her house line, but I not her cell. I tried calling her directly with my cell phone, but the nice people of Telus do not enable overseas direct dialing by default (and you need a credit check to get it – sometimes even a 1000$ safety deposit, if their credit department thinks you're a credit risk). Finally, I asked my boss if I could call her on the office phone, to inform her that the plans had fallen through, and I was finally able to connect to… something. I got an automated phone message that spewed a bunch of stuff in rapid-fire german I didn't understand.

I don't know if that was her voicemail or something, but I got a call from her shortly after. The sound was completely horrendous though, but it was a quirky moment nonetheless; to be listening to a live concert 6000km away :)

I'm giggling at the office, and my coworkers are giving me strange looks :)

Edit: I just received another phone call from her, so I could listen to parts of Ravel's Bolero. Unfortunately, travelling through 2 cell phones didn't do it justice, as it sounded like it was being played on a badly tuned harmonica :D

Edit #2: I changed the picture that was being displayed by one Tia sent me this morning, showing where she was. The original picture is still here