Unconnected

The strangest thing by far this trip has been being unconnected. For me this means no 'always on' internet access but also no email on my phone. It is the email I find that I miss most and I've realised that this is most likely because aside from face to face contact, email is probably my favorite form of communication. I've never been much of one for the phone, writing letters now feels quite formal, text quite restrictive but email is so versatile. Email can be short, long, formal, informal, contain files, and most importantly high quality photos.

I can also use it to post to my blog but as I don't have email (data) enabled on my phone at the moment (due to the outrageous cost of mobile data in France) I've stopped the more regular 'in the moment' updates I used to do.

Anyway, I've decided to try and re-establish this habit and use the Wifi on my phone to sync email when I'm out and about. The first indication that this is working will be if this post ever makes it to the blog as I am writing it on my phone waiting for a plane at Bergerac airport ;-)