Technically speaking

That's right, we still don't have internet access at home yet. Something about needing the mayor's permission for the cable company to connect to our building? Apparently a different company already has the connections in place, so now we are in the process of trying to get this new company to install it for us. We actually had an appointment last Friday morning for them to set it up, but after waiting out the 2 hour window they gave us, we realized they were not coming. We found out something later that would have been helpful to know: Apparently in Portugal, if the technician does not call you a couple days before your appointment, then that means he will not be coming after all. Hmm. So now we are back to square one, where they will be "giving us a call to set up an appointment time." I know things move more slowly here, so we are trying to be patient.

The good news is that we are able to use our Iphones here! We bought them in June when we got back to the states from Jakarta, with the hopes that we would be able to get them unlocked in Portugal. So a few weeks ago we did just that. I must say we got very used to our Iphones in the states, so it is nice to have them here. The data plans here are not unlimited, so we can't go too crazy using the internet, but at least we have that option while we are waiting on home internet. Thanks Apple!