AAAGGGHHHH!!!!

This is to let you all know that I am not taking too long in putting up my next post…the internet on this ship is. As I mentioned before, the internet speeds on this ship are atrocious, but I have managed to work through that. Today is the worst. I’m trying to understand why, as we have sailed south, where Starlink is supposed to be better. But as you can see above, it is only getting worse. I have a literal TON of photos to upload for you from incredible Geiranger, but this morning, over two hours, I have been able to upload precisely three photos. And it isn’t the speed that makes me want to pull my hair out; it’s the inconsistency. Yesterday afternoon, when finishing my Bodø post, I was able to upload all the photos in less than five minutes. Today…three in two hours. Yesterday, in the late afternoon, everyone returned from shore and was online. It’s 5:00 a.m. this morning, and no one is up and online, so what’s the problem?

I want to make it perfectly clear that this is NOT Viking’s fault. They are providing me with a solid connection on their end. It’s the connection from their end to the internet that is horrid. And for that, I blame Starlink (Viking’s internet provider) and, ultimately, Elon Musk ?. I like blaming him for everything ?.

So, I will ask your indulgence for a couple of days. I haven’t come this far to quit on you now. Here’s the plan. We arrive in Bergen later this morning (Thursday, June 27). We have all of today to tour Bergen and then we are back on the ship for tonight and will disembark tomorrow.

At that point, Kathleen and I will move to the Moxy Hotel in Bergen tomorrow night (Friday, June 28). Then, I should have great WiFi as I will be connected to an actual hard line connection and not Starlink’s ssssllllooooowwww satellite. So, I should be able to upload my Geiranger post, followed by Bergen. The next day (Saturday, June 29), we fly to London from Bergen. We are spending the night at London Heathrow and flying home around noon the next day (Sunday, June 30). Sometime before we fly home, I hope to get Bergen and disembarkation online. Then. my goal is to write one final wrap-up to the cruise during our nine-hour flight back to Seattle and post it on Sunday night or Monday morning, and that should be it.

So please stick with me and know that I want to write and post, but all I can do is text-only stuff. Nothing else will upload. Have a great day. Time for us to go enjoy Bergen and our last full day onboard the wonderful Viking Venus.