Daily Life

The bank charges $25 for an international transfer from ANZ in Australia to Credit Agricole in France. Then the French bank charges another 35 euros for us to receive our own money in our own account.

We received a text from Orange France to say they were sending a technician to connect our internet on 10 October 2008. Considering that internet has been on at the house before us, we can’t understand whey they need to send a tech. Surely it’s just a matter of flicking a switch.

We can pick up Neuf WIFII but they don’t have casual plans – everything has a package and is for minimum 12 months. Also all the connections are in French so we’ve only worked out most of it by looking at the pictures.