Contrary to what you may have gathered from the last few posts, we have had a life aside from the fretting over the lack of internet (which we now have if you didn’t see the last post), such as:
1. Ensuring the ongoing operations of IKEA France. Like many apartments here, ours had neither closets nor [...]
Archive for February, 2009
February Updates
Posted in Updates, expat life on February 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
AT LONG LAST
Posted in Updates, expat life on February 18, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Yesterday was a magical day: we got our internet connection set up and wifi working at home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The secret: forget ADSL and the need to arm-wrestle France Telecom for possession of the phone line. We opted for cable internet via Numéricable. It costs a bit more per month, plus 40 euros sign-up fee, then another 50 [...]
WIFI al fresco
Posted in Touristy things, expat life, tagged paris, parks, pics on February 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is kinda neat. I’m sitting in the little park behind Notre Dame, with its bells ringing in 5:30 like crazy (is there a mass?), and I’m logged into WordPress.
You see, in spite of France generally moving like an escargot when it comes to web technology, the City of Paris bucked the trend by setting up [...]
Domestic Matters…
Posted in Uncategorized on February 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
….are keeping me from updating the blog. Internet still unavailable chez nous so my limited time at the cafe is spent looking at our bank account and other household matters, and trying to keep up with emails from friends (which I love getting, even though it takes ages to reply).
Part 3 of the Internet Access [...]
