My bill after 9 days in Europe!!!!!

Ok, I just checked my bill after spending 9 days in Europe and it was a whopping $210!!! That's it!! That's nothing, considering I sent practically a million text messages while over there. And guess what, the data charges were less than a dollar. How'd I do it?
1. I didn't open any widgets.
2. I didn't open email, except when I accidentally hit the email button when I arrived before disabling the email account, which I promptly did. It downloaded two email headers, which accounts for a part of the tiny data charge.
3. I didn't open Maps.
4. I didn't open Safari.
5. I didn't open YouTube.
I also made a couple of calls and sent a billion (well not really, but a lot of) text messages.
I was on the go so much I only emailed two people from the hotel once. So, if you go overseas and you don't want huge data charges, follow my lead. Believe it or not, it was not that difficult at all to live without email/internet for several days.
Just wanted to put this out there as someone has been claiming that widgets update automatically without being launched. Obviously, my little case study proves otherwise.
Peace.
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Here is the information on that store:
http://www.apple.com/retail/citycreekcenter/
I do not believe that any store publishes an email address; I'd call or visit them.

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