Not just old buildings

Not just old buildings Originally uploaded by itsjustanalias.

The bells stopped after their midnight fun, and didn´t get going again until 8. I thought I’d found some wifi in a cafe that was pretty close, until I tried to use it that is. The waitress told me the password, and I checked I was spelling it right, but for some reason, even though the signal meter was saying 98% for the wifi signal I couldn’t get onto thweb. I’ll just have to go and have a wander until I get to a cafe where I can log on. There are a number of wifi signals in the flat but I reckon I’ll have to ask the neighbours. I tried the TV again. I noticed another arial socket but there was no real difference to the lack of picture, a bit more static, a bit more noise but nothing you could actually watch. I’m not sure I’ll bother about it though. It’s not like there’s a ton of stuff I feel I can’t miss.

I wandered for most of the afternoon, although I did have a plan. Thanks to the EBC, the people we did TEFL with in BA, I had a list of the English schools in Oviedo. Then it was just a case of finding them, so this morning was spent with a map and a pen, and this afternoon was about walking. I got to a dozen schools, there are a few more for tomorrow. The bad news so far, which I was pretty much expecting, was that the courses are coming to an end, rather than starting. Largely because the schools tend to cater for kids, and the kids’ courses tend to follow the school year. The good news, I left my CV with everyone, and one of the chaps, at Oxford school said he’d be able go get me work in July/August at summer schools, and next year. So we’ll see. I did get to orient myself with most of the city (the centre at least), even if it was pretty warm by the end of the afternoon.

At the moment I’m sitting in another cafe testing out the wifi, unfortunately I seem to be unable to connect anywhere it needs a password… which is a pain.

A couple have just sat down opposite, they, and more than one other table have got a set of four shot glasses and are bouncing coins off the table into the glasses. It´s just a tad annoying. They fill a couple of the glasses with coke and if they get the coin in the coke the other person drinks it (unless they do it on the second bounce, when they have to drink it). Fortunately I´ve just about finished my caña and I´m out of here.