Eldest and luggage both safely in Japan. Honestly all the credit to my parents who sent me off the Europe at a similar age with no esim and no wifi and no phone - only the hope that I’d find an internet cafe on Amsterdam to let them know I was alive. Nerves of steel.
@Trishh well
If they had given you a phone you’d have surely lost it on the plane… 😛
@Ewing this seems likely - I did leave my wallet on a pay phone in Amsterdam railway station on day 2 of said adventure, and then have to cancel my card etc. Thankfully this was the day of travellers cheques so I had a backup.