Archive for August 2008

Electronic problems

Aug 27th, 2008 | By | Category: Personal Columns

There is an ambivalent relationship with technology here.  To find a Wifi connection requires a ten minute walk down the road to a campsite bar where a card for three hours costs €18 and gives a connection almost as slow as the days of dial up internet.  Even moments when it seems that the 21st Century might have arrived, the old ways persist.

Last night marked the beginning of the French domestic rugby season.  Why the first round of matches should take place at 7 o’clock on a Tuesday evening …