Travling to Europe and Google Voice

I am going to Europe and i have a Google Voice account. I got the GVMobile+ app from the app store and it seems to work well. I know Google voice allows you to pay and make cheap calls from the US to Europe, but if i am on WiFi in Europe can i make free calls back to the states?

I have not personally tried it, but quick google search point to this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HktGRgVHqDQ

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rcschnoor -
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Thanks sprmankalel but I've already done that. That's where I got the message "Your port request has been submitted, but no response has been received. We expect your port request will be completed within 10 business days."
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