Two Steps Forward One Step Backward

The AT&T technician sorted out the wires on the side of the house wall, and finally got the right wire connected. I was shocked by the mess of wires in the box. Something makes me think that in Germany the telephone box wouldn't look like that. I'll have to investigate.

The whole thing (including having our power go out when it was raining on Monday) got me thinking about how Germans are always later than Americans with things--whether Internet access or telephones or toilets--but once they get them, they do it right. I don't remember the electricity ever going out on Birkenweg (cables are underground) and we don't even own a plunger there. Oh my.

So now we have Internet access, but I am chained to the desk in the boys bedroom because we haven't gotten Wi-Fi going yet. We eagerly await Mark's visit tomorrow!