THE WIFI SAGA, CROCHET YARN AND RELAXING IN THE NATURE PARK - 7 – 10 JUNE,
Days 44 to 47
We have time to relax while we wait again for the new engine.
The mobile wifi remains a concern not helped by seeing that Vodafone Malta
charged us an extra 20 euros last month for going over the 5 GB abroad limit.
We can monitor usage in Malta with their app but not abroad. So on Friday we
took a walk, stopping on the way at Video Piu shop in Marina di Ragusa, not to
complain again about their blatant mis-selling, only to ask again how to get
into the TIM app to check our usage. Again there was no success so the staff
asked me to return again with the computer. We left and enjoyed a delicious
Sicilian ice cream and continued along the sea front before sitting in the
shade enjoying the energy, sounds and colours of the sea in the strong wind. We
also paddled before a little food shopping and return to the boat.
In the evening e went on-line to check the nearest proper
WIND mobile dealer and found a shop in nearby Santa Croce Camerina, also an
interesting nature reserve at the nearby coast.
We were ready to go out earlier than usual on Saturday to try
our luck with WIND, as at least two friends are getting a 20 GB service a month
OUTSIDE Italy and that will be good for us.
We found the larger Video Piu shop in Santa Croce where we
were told are more technical people regarding phones and wi-fi. The woman there did not think that what our
friends are doing is possible but they did tell us that the TIM app cannot work
for us as it is only for monthly contracts. The fact that they did not know
that in the Marina di Ragusa shop just highlights that they don’t have enough
product knowledge to be selling phone and wi-fi packages, nor should they be so
incompetant to sell inappropriate products to us and to other friends.
We asked where Anita can buy yarn for crochet and the helpful
girl pointed us in the right direction for a good “merceria” shop. Anita was
thrilled at the quality of products and came away with many balls of the yarn
for using over the weeks ahead.
We used our Tom Tom gps to take us to a parking place in the
nature reserve shown in Google Maps, but as we came to the edge of the reserve
we saw gates and had to park outside and walk. Inside was an oasis of peace and
calm, beautiful pine and eucalyptus trees, and wonderful fragrance of pine. The
sounds of the heavy seas breaking came over the dunes and through the trees. We
stopped to eat lovely take away food from a bakery in Santa Croce, then lay on
the wooden benches to relax, watching the trees swaying above us in the wind.
After a while we walked along the beach before finding a sheltered spot in the
dunes to strip off and soak up some sun.
It was a wonderful afternoon and Anita was so happy to be in
the forest, a place she feels particularly at home in.
Sunday was the first calm day after the previous windy ones
so we relaxed on the boat enjoying this lovely location.
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