On the train to London where we will be visiting The Emirates for Arsenal v Aston Villa. COYG !!
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Rome in the snow
Apparently until last week it hadn’t snowed in Rome for 25 years! It is snowing again as I write. Jane and I are here for the Rugby. We were going to be staying in a place called Fumone about an hour or so south of Rome and in the mountains but to say it has snowed in Rome is nothing to the snow they have had in Fumone which is 800m above sea level.
We learned the situation on Wednesday so Jane and I, who were flying to Rome, booked ourselves a hotel in the city. The main party (now depleted) have flown to Naples and managed to get themselves to Fumone somehow. Apparently homemade snow chains on the hire car have been involved (pictures awaited). Given that we didn’t arrive at FCO until 4pm there is no way we could have done what the others did.
The tickets for the match are in Fumone so at least the guys now have those. Whether the match will be on and whether they can get out remains to be seen. It is now snowing fairly heavily in Rome.
Q – Just how fast is fibre broadband ?
A – Easily fast enough to be in a hotel and make a VPN connection on my iPhone (3G connection via wifi dongle) to the office and stream music using iPeng.
I did try this before when we had old fashioned ADSL and it worked but not sufficiently well to be useable. Now it’s excellent quality sound. What would you like to listen to ?
Earl Green & The Right Time
After the MCF yesterday Mike B took us to the Ain’t Nothin But …. Blues Bar. Where we caught Earl Green & The Right Time. Wow!
Check out Jane’s video
WTF is “WTF”
Jane & Kate have organised the inaugural WTF at The Ivy. I am not sure WTF WTF stands for but am assured it doesn’t stand for WTF but instead is something to do with “Wives” but that’s all I know.
Anyway me and the chaps (plus honorary chap) are having the usual MCF at The Gay Hussar in Greek Street – assuming this slow (but very cheap) train gets in on time.