khertz
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Aug 10, 2008
Day 7 Continued: Wednesday March 28th
We walked around looking for churches but most of them were closed. Eventually we made it to the Basilica of St. Nicholas and we were able to go inside.
Viking 08-061 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Viking 08-062 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Viking 08-063 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Viking 08-064 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Viking 08-065 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
This church had the crypt of St. Nicholas down underneath, and you could visit down there but had to be silent.
Viking 08-066 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Viking 08-067 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Viking 08-068 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Viking 08-069 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Viking 08-070 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
There wasn’t much else to do because everything seemed to be closed (sounds about right!) so we walked along the water before going back to the spot to catch the next shuttle back to the ship.
Viking 08-073 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Viking 08-074 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Viking 08-075 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Viking 08-076 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
There was a burned out ship sitting in port near us, which was weird.
Viking 08-077 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
We went back to the stateroom and had to shower and get dressed up for dinner because tonight we were eating at the other signature restaurant, Manfredi’s! We’d heard nothing but rave reviews from everyone who had been able to try it so far, so we were excited!
IMG_0316 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Our reservation was at 7:30 at our shared 4-top table, but we decided to try our luck and see if we could get in earlier. We checked with that same hostess, who I’m sure was sick of seeing us by that point, who again told us, “I’m sorry, it’s not possible.”
We went upstairs to play some games at the tables to kill time, and at some point DH got some photos of us sailing away.
Viking 08-078 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Viking 08-079 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Then we went back down to Manfredi’s closer to our reservation time, and without even saying anything, the hostess checked us in and brought us to a 2-top table. I don’t know why we even had to deal with the headache of that shared 4-top and not being able to dine with other DISers! It was so stupid. We were actually seated next to a huge table of podcasters, and Pete made sure to loudly make comments about how annoying it is when people take photos of their food.
We started off with some bread, olive oil, and pecorino Romano cheese to snack on while we looked over the menu.
Viking 08-080 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
So many things looked so good that we ended up ordering 3 entrees and 3 desserts to share! For entrees, we got the chicken parmesan, smoked mozzarella ravioli, and lasagna.
Viking 08-081 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Viking 08-082 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Viking 08-083 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Everything was delicious, but that chicken parm won hands down!
For dessert, we each went with the amarone chocolate dessert and got a tiramisu to share, but we both decided we are not fans of tiramisu.
Viking 08-084 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Viking 08-085 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Viking 08-086 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
This was the best meal we had onboard! Everything was delicious, and the service was awesome! I wish we would have been able to eat here multiple times like others were, but I’m just glad it all ended up working out in the end.
Somehow, DH still had room after all of that food and still wanted gelato, so we stopped by the buffet again.
Viking 08-088 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Viking 08-089 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
They were closing up by the time we finished in there.
Viking 08-090 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
After DH’s second dessert, we went up to the lounge and spent the evening hanging out with a bunch of DISers! It was so nice because it always seemed like we were getting to know another couple or someone else from the group when we got up there. It was a great end to the night before heading down to bed!
UP NEXT: On To Croatia
We walked around looking for churches but most of them were closed. Eventually we made it to the Basilica of St. Nicholas and we were able to go inside.
Viking 08-061 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Viking 08-062 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Viking 08-063 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Viking 08-064 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Viking 08-065 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
This church had the crypt of St. Nicholas down underneath, and you could visit down there but had to be silent.
Viking 08-066 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Viking 08-067 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Viking 08-068 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Viking 08-069 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Viking 08-070 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
There wasn’t much else to do because everything seemed to be closed (sounds about right!) so we walked along the water before going back to the spot to catch the next shuttle back to the ship.
Viking 08-073 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Viking 08-074 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Viking 08-075 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Viking 08-076 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
There was a burned out ship sitting in port near us, which was weird.
Viking 08-077 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
We went back to the stateroom and had to shower and get dressed up for dinner because tonight we were eating at the other signature restaurant, Manfredi’s! We’d heard nothing but rave reviews from everyone who had been able to try it so far, so we were excited!
IMG_0316 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Our reservation was at 7:30 at our shared 4-top table, but we decided to try our luck and see if we could get in earlier. We checked with that same hostess, who I’m sure was sick of seeing us by that point, who again told us, “I’m sorry, it’s not possible.”
We went upstairs to play some games at the tables to kill time, and at some point DH got some photos of us sailing away.
Viking 08-078 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Viking 08-079 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
We started off with some bread, olive oil, and pecorino Romano cheese to snack on while we looked over the menu.
Viking 08-080 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
So many things looked so good that we ended up ordering 3 entrees and 3 desserts to share! For entrees, we got the chicken parmesan, smoked mozzarella ravioli, and lasagna.
Viking 08-081 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Viking 08-082 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Viking 08-083 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Everything was delicious, but that chicken parm won hands down!
For dessert, we each went with the amarone chocolate dessert and got a tiramisu to share, but we both decided we are not fans of tiramisu.
Viking 08-084 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Viking 08-085 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Viking 08-086 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Somehow, DH still had room after all of that food and still wanted gelato, so we stopped by the buffet again.
Viking 08-088 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Viking 08-089 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
They were closing up by the time we finished in there.
Viking 08-090 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
After DH’s second dessert, we went up to the lounge and spent the evening hanging out with a bunch of DISers! It was so nice because it always seemed like we were getting to know another couple or someone else from the group when we got up there. It was a great end to the night before heading down to bed!
UP NEXT: On To Croatia