Saturday, September 15, 2012

General Observations

The weather has been very warm,  mostly between 20 & 30 degrees.  A few days have been cooler and there has been some snow on the mountain tops.

A lot of farm houses especially in German have solar panels on the roof.  They don't get as much sunshine as we get at home but I guess they make the best use of their sunshine.  Last year in France we noticed wind farms everywhere.  Here in German and Austria I have not seen any.

Another issue is the phone system.  We have looked for a Europe wide SIM card, but nothing like that exists.   Each country has its own phone carriers.   You would think that someone like Vodafone would be able to have a Europe SIM card.

Internet access also varies.  The 5 star hotels charge a fortune for internet access, while the smaller ones have free WiFi.  This why I don't update the blog every day,  just when I get internet access.

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