As a matter of interest, I was in our local McDonalds here in Via Paolo Sarpi recently, and noticed that there was a sign advertising free wifi. I did try to hook up, but could not – however I did not ask for any passwords or anything – just had a go to see how easy it was.

Anyway, if our local McDonalds is doing free wifi, then I think it is probable that other McDonalds around Italy will start to do so too – if they have not done so already.

If anyone knows about this, passing McDonalds staff included, please let us all know. I did have a very quick look at the McDonalds Italy web site, but could not see any wifi related info.

Best,

Alex

The answer to your question is that I don’t know. Perhaps someone else will be able to chip in on this, or you could hop over to http://romephotoblog.blogspot.com/
and ask Rome-based Jessica if she knows about this.

In any event, plugging into free wifi systems in Italy is a little fiddly, in that you often have to register for the service, and you need some form of ID for this – a passport is fine, but the language barrier might cause problems.

Best regards,

Alex

Yes, yours is the best tactic. You can find some real gems by doing what you do.

I would also add that restaurants/trattoria with a slightly downtrodden look, hand painted by not new sign, are often some of the best places to eat. This is my other half’s strategy. I suppose that she goes on the basis that even if a place looks faintly run down, it has probably been there for aeons, which means people visit often, and return. This means the food may well be very good.

You might not find anything too elaborate in such places, but the food will be tasty, well cooked and priced reasonably. The table wine will probably be pretty good too. House plonk in Italy is generally a several cuts above its equivalent in other countries. Easy to understand – serve ‘orrible wine and Italians will never visit again!

Good tip, thanks.

Alex