Today is going to be a short one due to jet lag. Over time we have learned to plan on a couple of easy days at the beginning of our trips to get over the jet lag. While everything went as planned yesterday and we were well settled in at our campground by 1pm, we had been more or less been going steady for over 24 hours. We both slept in this morning, and were not fully functional until noon today.
One of the reasons I picked this campground is that it is close to a metro stop and it was supposed to have good free wifi. We are struggling to connect to the campground internet. We have a very weak signal, we can connect outside of François, but as soon as we step in and close the door the signal drops. While the campground is pretty busy, it is only about 70% full so I went to the office to see what the options were. When I explained the problem I was told very bluntly that the internet was fine and the problem was with my phone. When I pointed out that we tried to connect unsuccessfully with 4 different devices, she responded that the problem was with our devices as they had checked the internet and it worked everywhere and no one else had complained. I then showed her that my phone connected to the internet fine in the office so my device was more than capable of connecting and that the issue was that in my space the signal was too weak to connect to. She took this information in stride and told me she would send some one to check. As I am writing this no one has come. The Dutch have a reputation of being blunt and stubborn, this woman is doing her best to live up to that stereotype!
After that I relaxed for the rest of the day while Ton prepared a nice meal. While preparing the meal Ton discovered the small meat balls we had bought yesterday were actually small round sausages, part of the perils of shopping in a new country!