Comments | kimana83: Bongiorno! And a belated "bonjour", too, actually, since I didn't get to post from France!

kimana83

Bongiorno! And a belated "bonjour", too, actually, since I didn't get to post from France!

May 26, 2009 13:41

So. Having a phone with wifi is great. Finding out that major European cities such as Paris and Rome have virtually no free wifi hotspots if you don't have a password is not. That's why I haven't been around. We found a grand total of ONE place in Paris where we could get online - on the steps of the Pantheon, which was not only several subway ( Read more... )

europe trip, lj friends, my birthday, vacations, food

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asoulinbliss May 27 2009, 00:03:50 UTC

Awww, you should have asked me before you went--I know tons of places in Paris with free wifi. All McDonalds have it, and I often found that a good cup of coffee and some internet fixed any day. :) Then all the mairies do, many libraries, and many public parks. Oh well. Next time. I'm glad you had some good days in Paris . . . she is magnificent!

asoulinbliss May 27 2009, 00:04:21 UTC

And of course, happy belated birthday!

kimana83 May 29 2009, 16:09:41 UTC

thanks!

kimana83 May 27 2009, 06:58:28 UTC

My phone picked up a zillion wifi networks, but not one at McD's - and we tried a few of them. The only library we were ever near was closed so when the internet came up it said since the library was closed I couldn't use it. The parks always gave me an error message or didn't work at all. Alas! I was starting to think it was something wrong with my phone, but I got it fine in England, from the Peace Museum in Caen, from the Pantheon in Paris, here at this hostel, etc., and I never saw anyone else on laptops at any of those places in Paris that should have wifi (but in my experience don't), so I don't think it was just me.

And we couldn't bring ourselves to pay 3 Euro for a shot glass of coffee, so the only coffee we had in France was from Starbucks! LOL! They weren't much more expensive than in the USA, and the sizes were the same.

But thanks for the help! I did like it there, more than I expected, especially after the first day.

asoulinbliss May 28 2009, 04:09:43 UTC

Huh, that's so weird because I used wifi all over and never had any trouble. Also, don't underestimate the "shotglasses of coffee" -- in my experience they were a lot stronger than American coffee!

kimana83 May 29 2009, 16:13:31 UTC

hmm. That's so weird! Oh well.

True, the coffee is much stronger there, but I don't drink coffee for caffeine, I drink it for the normal flavor and the experience of it, so for of, the more, the better. :-) But what coffee I did have in France was very good. Overall, I liked France more than I thought I would. I would love to in back someday!

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