My idea was first to hitchhike again to Spain which seems to be my favorite place when I will get totally frustrated with some country. So I did when I went from Estonia in 2004 and spent six months there until got bored and hitchhiked to UK.
But, when I got invitation to stay with two Estonian born lesbian girls in France, I took their offer.
I had agreed to work with one internet marketing project, and as internet was no available besides modem, broadband, WiFi also as 3G, I just took my Vodaphone dongle with me and hoped it will connect to some network there.
I left Belfast on Friday without any money as I was frustrating to wait more than a month when Social Security agency will finally execute court orders. I just went there and told them, that I will give it to the collection agency and they will take your computers also away declaring this agency to bankruptcy. After 20 minutes they called me that they have made some transfers today but I was already in my away.
At least I had money to pay the ferry ticket because seems that for this ferry it isn’t so easy to get free lift as it was getting to
It could have been possible to be in Chateroux by Saturday, but I took my trip easy and was there by Sunday evening to find out that they are actually staying in small village called les herroles some hundred kilometers from the town.
At least I hoped to get my mobile number and internet sorted out on Monday. But seems that Monday is shopping free day in France general, their shops are open 9-12 and 3-5 only.
Anyway, mobile internet is such kind of thing in France that I wrote separate article about it and their mobile fees are total robbery.
Anyway, was finally able to get myself prepaid mobile SIM card from BoygTel only and loaded 80 EUR to it that hopefully I can use as modem or at least read my emails. My hope starting the project work within next days was starting to vanish.
Later I spent more than a week in this beautiful City and asking money from the street, I raised 17 EUR in an hour there because one young guy gave me 10 Euros.
But there is no Internet in Chateroux. The only WiFis where in McDonalds which restricted me to use any other ports besides web browsing and was limited to 15 minutes and in their small Tourist Information Office for quick use only.
There is nice park besides the river where you could sleep peacefully until it started to get cold there.