So much to tell. And I am behind in my stories. Today is Friday January 17. But this blog starts at dinner on January 15. We had reservations at Manfredi’s, the Italian restaurant instead of at the World Café.
They took the lamb off the menu so I had lobster risotto. I guess I ate all of the lamb during our Grand Pacific Cruise so Viking ran out. Perhaps another story is brewing.
Just for Bob! Kathy and I shared a tiramisu for dessert. It was great.
It snowed overnight. So the back terrace of the ship was blocked off. It had snow and probably ice. I had to take the picture through the back window with a few reflections. Sorry! No one was swimming.
The naughty table came back to life at lunchtime on Thursday. Some of you might remember the story about the tall server Ogi, on the Grand Pacific. If not, follow along.
Here is Ogi.
On that cruise Kathy bought a used kimono. One size fits all. But it is very tall and needs special attention for shorter people to wear it. It fit Ogi perfectly. So Thursday at lunch we showed several of the new servers this picture. Lots of laughter. But even better, several went and found Ogi working at the pool grill. The all laughed at him wearing women’s clothes. Soon he came to our table and told us he was the most famous server on board.
We took the included excursion in the afternoon. The first stop was at the planetarium to watch a movie about the Northern Lights. No photos allowed. This building was part of a rather large University with over 16,000 students all above the Arctic Circle. But the most interesting part after the movie were the lights on the street. One gentleman (David) asked why colored lights on the street. The guide had no idea. But they were very pretty on the snow. Remember this was early afternoon. Soooooo very dark outside.
As Kathy and I walked up to the World Café we saw the Head Chef talking with another restaurant chef. So I stopped and talked with them. I explained that on our Grand Pacific Cruise I talked with that Head Chef (Andeas) and asked to have lamb. He made certain I could order grilled lamb chops any time I ordered them. David said of course, He could do the same for me. So he and I walked to the buffet line. He introduced me to the chef there and told him to have lamb chops whenever I asked.
So after sitting and enjoying a glass of wine and a small salad I went and asked for my lamb chops. This chef knew our table. The naughty table! Soon he came and delivered this plate. So I asked if I could have the lemon butter ravioli. Of course! he went back to the grill area and prepared that.
Soon this plate was delivered to me. So I had lamb and ravioli for dinner. But that’s not all.
My new friendly server, Alisha, saw that we had finished our dinner. So without asking she made a dessert and delivered it to our table.
We did see some local area. This was a photo I took during the few minutes of partial sunlight through the clouds. It is the Arctic Cathedral. very interesting architecture. At night there were lights that appeared vertical because they showed through the window at each section of the roof line. Really hard to photo.
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