WIFI in the Fjords 👩🏼‍💻

Growing up in Upstate New York and going to the Adirondacks in the summer, I was sort of used to ⛰ = No WIFI

So I was pleasantly surprised to find that wifi and cell data coverage were quite abundant in many of the Fjord towns we visited on the ship.

Now before you judge me for bringing up wifi before I talk about the gorgeous fjords, I need to remind you of something 😅

I came to Norway via ship. And may I add - a ship I had already been living and working on for 4 months.🥸

Now, when you are a crew member on a ship, you don’t have any access to the outside world, except via your phone. So every few days, it is necessary to go on land and find either wifi or cell data to accomplish basic communicational tasks like calling your family and checking your work email. 👩🏼‍💻📱

For me, I would also sometimes need to look up music for shows, but also it would be a great opportunity for downloading movies to watch after work since we can’t stream anything on the ship wifi.

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Our first stop in the Fjords was beautiful Nordfjordeid. Two places, in particular, caught my and my colleagues' attention. Here’s a quick breakdown:

📍COCO - Great people working there, super friendly and sweet. They sell ice cream, coffee, and AMAZING pastries along with some retail. This was a friendly haunt for those in our group without an EU SIM who needed some great wifi and a snack.

📍Cats Cafe - Not sure why it's called that, for there are neither cats, nor is it quite the definition of a cafe (rather a pizzeria), but I’m guessing it is because they share the building with a pet store. This place had been recommended by some friends because of its large and tasty kebab (which I can attest, it is both large and delicious)