You know all those aspirational travel blogs that show people curled up on the couch in some exotic locale, tapping away serenely on their laptop or ipad while soaking up the atmosphere? Well, I call BS.

Some places we’ve stayed have had great WiFi, others (basically all of Italy) not so much. Turns out, a Tuscan villa with thick stone walls is not conducive to connectivity. The good news, though, is the walls are thick enough to drown out the sounds of the kids’ shrieks when they find out they can’t stream Netflix.