Welcome back to Molde in Norway
and to Our Viking Story.
So guys here we are
on the top of the world in Molde
and we can see our ship at the bottom there.
How cool is that!
It's such a spectacular view
and the clouds have stayed off for a few minutes as well
so we've just had the most amazing view across all of the fjords.
It's pretty stunning isn't it.
It was a bit terrifying coming up on the coach.
Bit its really worth it when you do get up here.
Definitely.
Fingers crossed we make it down.
[happy music]
[acoustic music]
It's time to head back to the ship
what nicer way to relax then afternoon tea.
So, let's head to the Wintergarden.
This charming airy space around the main pool
is perfect for relaxing
in a beautifully designed un-cluttered
Scandinavian environment.
This is the place to indulge in a scrumptious afternoon tea.
Complete with a huge selection of teas,
finger sandwiches
and delicious sweets and pastries.
[soft acoustic music]
[piano playing 'A Whole New World']
There's nothing better than a little bit of live music.
Now, back up to the deck for an evening stroll.
Okay so we are outside now.
We're just going for a nice evening stroll.
Little bit windier tonight
As we go south it's getting colder.
But you'd think it would be the opposite.
We've still got the spectacular scenery all around us.
So we are going to go
and enjoy that for a little bit more
So after taking in the spectacular sights of Norway,
it's dinner time.
So guys got my drink. So cheers.
And now we're going to go and head over to the restaurant
so let's go
[sings] Let's go have some food.
I'm starving.
Its a five course meal
and tonight's theme is asian-inspired.
So it's all going to be Asian food which
happens to be one of our favorites
so we really can't wait to try it.
[soft music]
The Chef's Table is another included restaurant
and it's a five-course tasting menu.
[inaudible talking]
So with each course, you are going to have a wine paring
There is two types of wine pairing.
You can have the included wine
which means there is no extra cost.
There is also a premium pairing for each dish
and the premium pairing
is only $25 extra per person.
I think that's really reasonable value.
Were going to have our amuse bouche now.
I love that word amuse bouche. [laughs]
We've got our amuse boos now.
I can't say it!
[laughing] Amuse bouche!
Which is the chilled King crab.
So going to try the
first glass of wine which is a French white.
That's lovely.
The second course was some mouth-watering lobster and chicken dumplings.
Delicious.
It's time to try
glass two of the wine.
This one is a pinot grigio but it's blush
which is from Italy.
That's really nice it's really mild
hints of erm
Milano
So I have my pallet cleanser now.
We're gonna give it a try.
Lychee and red chilli..
I'm not too sure but okay.
[background chatter]
Ooh!
Ooh it.
Its a little bit bizarre.
[Ben] Has it got a bite to it?
It's a bit -
Yeah it's got a kick to it.
It's like hot and cold.
[laughing in background]
Oh wow!
[coughing]
I just got a piece of chilli.
[Ben laughing]
Oh god that is really hot.
I just got a piece of chili in that one.
It was a chunk of chili
It's nice though as it is icy.
So it like -
it counters the heat.
[guitar music]
So next up we've got a Peking Duck
It's crispy skin with
mandarin pancakes and a lovely hoisin sauce.
Lets dig in.
[guitar music]
[inaudible]
After our delicious mains we have desert.
We have an Asian trilogy.
How exciting.
So we've got a yuzu creme brûlée.
I don't really know what yuzu is.
But we will give it a go.
We got a green tea cheesecake
and a chocolate banana spring roll.
A bit weird.
A banana -
Spring roll -
for desert.
I am guessing it kind of sweet but we will see.
Crème brûlée is delicious.
So guys that's it for our meal in
the Chef's Table
and it was absolutely delicious wasn't it
all five courses.
Yeah and it's a different menu as well.
They do various different menus so it means
that you're not gonna get any of the food in the Chef's Table
at any other place around the ship.
Hi guys.
So we're just back into our cabin after a lovely night.
We're gonna have an early night tonight
because we had a very late one last night.
Saying an early night though it is 10 past 10:00 at night.
But we've had a lovely day.
We had the chef's table earlier
and of course we have that sure excursion
where we got to go up the mountain and
see the amazing view from the top of the world.
And tomorrow morning we're gonna wake up to a treat
because we're gonna be arriving in Geiranger.
Apparently they'll be scenic cruising
from half 6:00 until 8:00 a.m. tomorrow morning.
So we're going to get up nice and early
so we can get some of those beautiful views as we enter.
And it's going to be a tender tomorrow
so we're going to be getting a ship to the to the shore
then doing another shore excursion in the afternoon.
So we're really excited about that too.
We've been told that the scenic cruising
is one of the most beautiful in the world.
So we're gonna be really looking forward to it.
We will see you in the morning.
Oh my god guys.
We are right at the back of the ship now
and these views are just spectacular.
This was definitely worth waking up early for.
Amazing.
So we're just gonna tender
and we're gonna anchor here i think.
And then it's gonna be tender just to the shore
which is just behind us but -
Oh my gosh it's just breathtaking in every way.
[Ben] Geiranger is the jewel in the crown of Norwegian fjords.
It's a fairytale landscape with its majestic snow-covered mountain tops,
wild and beautiful waterfalls,
lush green vegetation and the deep blue fjord.
[David] If people ever say
"why do you guys go on so many cruises" or
"What do you enjoy about cruising"
I think something like this experience
is the epitome of why we do cruising.
[ambient music]
Guys look at this -
we've go our breakfast.
[David] I am dying to do that.
That will bring the tone down.
[Ben] Delicious
I'm gonna have to look at the thesaurus
to come up with some new words.
Scrumptiously dubious.
Scrumptiously delicious.
Scrumptious
Se got a breakfast guys
in the main dining room.
Shall we tuck in?
I got a Full English -
and another full English.
It looks delicious
and I got the -
the corned beef hash browns which are -
corned beef hash which is amazing.
Before we get off to explore
there's time to relax and chill out
in the main solarium pool.
Were just here the main pool area
and we've got the whole place to ourselves
it's so quiet.
We have the roof over our heads
to protect us from the cold weather today.
And an amazing hot tub
that is so hot and the bubbles are really strong.
It's massive.
[David] This has to be the biggest hot tub
I have seen on a cruise ship.
Is is so nice.
And it is really powerful
I could honestly just lay here all day.
Before you know it it's already lunchtime
We head to the onboard buffet
the World Cafe.
Offering a huge selection
of freshly made sweet and savory dishes
to delight every palate.
[Ben] Buffets looks good today David.
[David] Does it? What is it?
[Ben] Everything [David] Everything, okay.
[Ben] Everything under the sun.
[David] I am excited. I've got with stretchy shirt on.
[Ben] We've got some delicious food.
We've got some freshly made pesto pasta
which is actually made on request so it's piping hot.
Look at the colour
it's like bright green so you just know how fresh and beautiful is.
Got a bit pizza, an Indian party and some Caesar salad.
Gonna sit here and enjoy it now
and I'll let you know what it tastes like.
Guys just pasta is like literally mind blowing.
As you know pasta is my favourite food.
So, guys I've got my dessert now so it looks amazing.
I have two types of Gelato.
Oatmeal raisin
and butterscotch
with a white chocolate and almond cookie.
They have different types of gelato every single day in the buffet.
I think I've tried about forty six different varieties now.
Not sure which one my favourite one is -
I think I might be cherry.
This looks delicious so I will eat it now.
It's time to leave the ship to explore.
It's only a short tender ride to the port.
[music]
Guys were on the boat a very tender.
[laughter]
We're on the tender now
which is short ride to the coast -
to the port of Geiranger.
[Ben] look how tight this is
it's literally insane.
This can not be legal.
[squirms]
Are we there yet?
After all those hairpin turns
and some amazing driving by our driver.
We've arrived at our first viewing point.
So here we are literally on the top of Geiranger.
[french accent] Geiranger
[northern english accent] Geiranger
We made it up the mountain.
We made it.
It was pretty terrifying eleven hairpin turns
and we're not quite done yet.
You can see the ship just in the background.
It looks absolutely amazing.
It's really worth it though so -
Suck up the bus journey because
it worth it when you get up here.
Even if your terrified of heights just close your eyes
but once you get up here it's
absolutely worth the view it's amazing,
It's gorgeous.
I seriously, I don't think I've ever seen anything like this .
We have sunshine.
In the space of four minutes
we've had spring, summer, autumn and winter.
[Marcus] No snow yet. [David] No snow yet.
We're gonna get snow.
It's weird -
Ooh! Thats really close.
That was like -
That was like zooming in on my nose.
[Ben] Close up for Miss Devil.
[laughing]
The view of the -
of the fjord
I'd love to do a boat excur -
a boat excursion up the fjord.
You can got all the way around
and got to all the waterfalls.
You can see one of the little boats there doing it now.
I bet that's gonna be really cool.
For our next trip Ben.
Our next one.
Honestly. it's absolutely gorgeous
It's one of the most prettiest cruises I've ever been on.
Genuinely
and that's that his hand on my heart saying that
it is absolutely gorgeous
Next time on Our Viking Story