THE MCDONALD CONNECTION

WiFi, McDonalds and Communications.
Here are our feet under a McDonalds table at Warsaw station.
McDonalds have the cheapest coffee and WiFi so I swallowed my distaste for Mc Donalds and we tried it out.
Everything in our life depends on using the internet. From Germany to Latvia there were McDonalds/McDrives at practically every junction. As we got further east we found less or no McDonalds but campsites had WiFi often for free but time-limited.
The problem turned out to be our equipment. John’s new computer connects to WiFi but John’s brain like mine rejects passwords faster that the computer does. Our Skype phones don’t and John’s never worked as a mobile. My Blackberry made life possible by getting e-mails to us on Blackberry and Yahoo but it is impossibly expensive if I use it to Google.
We have managed just about to keep on top of banks and bills but it is a sweat. Unfortunately we haven’t managed to set up online management of phones etc from abroad.
Thanks very much therefore, J for your management and care of our post – it is a real reassurance to trust that we can connect with it.
Our Blog has turned out to be a good way for us to record and revalue our experiences. It is also hard work because of the internet connection problems we have encountered. Downloading, sorting and editing requires new skills from us and takes time. It is primarily to keep you informed and in touch and saves you ever having to sit down with photos and slide shows at the next family gathering so we hope that it is useful, interesting and fun.
Communicating is important - I seem to have a lot of photos of John texting from his mobile.