Last time I went to Europe, I bought a brand name card, I think it was AT&T or MCI. So I was able call back home from Europe using card I bought in USA.
I don't know about now, it was couple of years ago, but they gave you a list of country you are colling from, and what number to call to connect. At that time Poland was not on a list.
I was in France, Switzerland and Italy, and I had no problems.