Monday, May 17, 2010

Internet in Italy


Internet Italian Style
My abject apologies for the lack of regularity in the blog postings. SM and I keep collaborating on them, and in fact, have done a fairly good job of keeping current. The issue is connecting to the Internet in Italia.
There was no Internet in our first hotel, but we did have a fairly decent connection at the farmhouse in Tuscany, where we posted a couple of blogs.
Since then, we have travelled to Sicilia, where there was an “Internet Point” - a type of Internet Cafe right in the town of Baggio, where we waited for our rental agent to direct us to our house. I inquired as to the rates, and was informed that the “Internet es rotto” The Internet was broken. He then proudly cursed the Internet lines in English.
No Internet at the casa we rented in Sicilia. No Internet Point in Castellione.
Back in Roma, no Internet at our B and B, but there was a sign advertising “WiFi” at the Cafe across the road. Nope, did not have WiFi. I did not ask why there was a big indicatzione saying WiFI on the door, but they did point out that there was an “Internet Point” across the street, next to the jewelers. Went there – nope. Not working.
Not sure when you might read all this........

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