Friday, July 13, 2007

Scenic Tuscany and Internet Access Italia

The drive to Rome was fabulous. The route took us through very scenic Tuscan countryside to the hilltop town of Siena. From there we drove through more spectacular countryside to Umbria and Lake Trasimene, the second largest lake in Italy. Our final destination is the great city of Rome.

I'll have pictures and videos to post but that will have to wait due to internet connectivity issues at our current location in Rome.

Internet Woes

Looks like a spotty internet connection in Florence has been traded for zero access in Rome...

From the concierge at our hotel we received his sincerest apologies but a dispute between the cable line owner and the hotel's Internet Service provider has resulted in internet services being cut to the hotel. Adriano, our friendly concierge says "It's Italy... that's how it goes and our hotel is caught in the middle." Internet service may be restored at any time or not at all during our visit so I've had to resort to using my mobile phone as a modem, and quite a slow one it is.

1 comment:

RB said...

The last time we were in Rome we were stuck with tow metro strikes which caused major problems.