Electronic problems
Aug 27th, 2008 | By Ian Poulton | Category: Personal ColumnsThere 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.
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