On one of the lanes there's Rudi's with it's housewifes (eeeeh, a fashionable hipster housewife cafe in every city in the world...?) and babies in prams, mamas trying to have meaningful conversations with their infants whos primary interest is to chew the napkin and throw spoons on the floor. Well, they have gigantic cakes as well as the lovely oh-so-familiar teapots and a free wifi.
And the big multinational which I have to admit using all the time is present as well. With big armchairs and free internet. (Do you see a pattern here?)
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You seem to be extremely knowledgeable in coffee shops. :) I don't wonder why, though, wouldn't mind that kind of expertise myself! So, out of curiosity, what has been your finding on how common is free or any wi-fi in the coffee shops in Britain and Ireland, or indeed elsewhere in Europe?
I know right! My experience is that not every cafe has wifi but quite often there is a sign on the window that tells you if there is (that's maybe why I often end up in the places that do have it...). If there is wifi, it is free (only one place I've come across this year has charged) but sometimes it's limited to 60 minutes (to avoid my kind of customers camping in the cafe for hours) or it might have a password such as "tryourscones". :) In my mind the modern cafe culture includes and invites those who want to come alone and work while sipping thir lattes, so wifi is more or less crucial if you want to be successful.
I actually prefer having to put in a password. Many non-password-protected wifis require you to go to the website and hit "agree" on terms of service before you can be connected. Especially on a smartphone that's a bit of a pain, or say in Starbucks, where you have to do that at random times or at least every couple hours. And yet that's not enough of a hint for me to leave... though the Starbucks wifi I use most often is in a bookstore. I haven't seen time limits for wifi here anywhere, I think here the culture is you must be friendly to even that customer who bought a small tea four hours ago and is still there.
Here most of the cafes are family run and the internet connections are home style too :)
Apua! Nyt tulee matkakuume, vaikka vasta olen matkalla :) Hirmuisen viihtyisä kahvila voisin istua tuolla koko päivän. Ja kuvat on niin hienoja...mikä siinä on, ettei Suomessa (ainakaan Turussa) ole tällä hetkellä yhtään kivaa kahvilaa.
Kirjailijatar, musta tuntuu että matkustaminen vain pahentaa matkakuumetta! Mulla on näitä Glasgow-postauksia jemmassa vielä, mutta vapaaehtoisvuoden loppukiri on kiireisimmillään ja tuntuu, ettei koneelle ehdi juuri lainkaan. Palaan vielä pahentamaan matkakuumetta! :)
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