Sutri - Culture shock

After the chaos of yesterday we planned to have a quiet day. Some gentle exploring of the town as well as restocking our provisions. Today's breakfast wasn't as exciting as previous mornings, some cereal and bread and butter (we forgot to bring Jam, so we'll have to buy some).

Ventured out to first find il Supermercato and try the cash point again. We tried it last night but said something about a comms error (...never a good sign on a cash point, but this is Italy). Quickly found a large supermarket and bought food: pasta, pesto, salad, jam,and chocolate filled croissants (...mmm... must remember to refer to mental notes from time to time).

By the time we got back to the flat the temperature must have been in the mid-20s and this is only April. Decided that instead of doing the usual mad-English thing and wandering around in the midday sun, we'd find the local train station. As we plan to go to Rome on Thursday and Friday. Broke out the trusty TomTom which pointed us 5km up the road to Caprinica. After some rather vicious switch-backs we found our way to the station. Thankfully the timetables agreed with the times we'd looked up on the Internet, so it looks like an early start on the 0816 from Caprinica-Sutri to Roma Ostinse.

The wifey talked to the ticket man to ensure the parking was free and the cost of the tickets; €7 each. I'd say that was a bargain and that includes unlimited use of trains, buses and metro. London by comparison is so expensive! We also noticed the ticket man does the signals - he has an old style panel of large switches which he uses to control the trains. Lets hope he doesn't get it wrong tomorrow.

Came back to Sutri and drank coffee in the main piazza learning a new word in the process, 'fuori' which means 'outside'. Yes please, don't mind if I do.

Attempted to get online this evening and failed, 'Unable to negotiate PPP connection'. 3G dongles whilst being very clever bits of kit are basically very fast modems. This, based on past experience, means they'll never work as you'd expect. It worked in Milan so you'd assume it would work just outside Rome, but obviously not. The damn thing connects, lots of AT commands are issued and the other end just gives up. I'll try again in Tuscany.