I knew the apartment didn't have broadband internet. I had hoped that someone nearby might have WIFI that I could make use of, I even brought an access point that I could put into bridge mode and some long CAT5 in case I could only get reception on a balcony and wanted to pipe it inside... No luck.
This isn't such a bad thing; a break from the net could be good for me ;) It does mean that these postings will likely be posted in blocks (when I get to an internet cafe or WIFI point). I'm typing them at the time and saving them to a USB key for later uploading...