We spent the day at Trondheim today. This is Norway’s third largest city with a population of 225,000 people. We got in at 9 am and proceeded to get on a bus to visit Nidaros Cathedral.
This is the front and main entrance of the church. It does look a bit like Notre Dame.
After the cathedral we visited the top of the hill to get a scenic view of the city and coastline. The church can be seen (green steeple).
Lunch
After the tour we got back to the ship for lunch and we had another round of fine dining that blew our taste buds away. Havila has bridged gastronomy like no other cruise line has and we are very grateful they have taken a different approach than most cruise lines. Last year we did a Greek cruise and were disappointed that the cruise line shipped all of their industrial processed food out of Miami. You can read our disappointed rating for the cruise ship here.
Havila has already earned an A+ rating on food a mere three days into the cruise.
Dinner
Dinner at Hildring (fine dining) today was a five course meal. The first dish was King crab from Varanger served with arctic ponzu. Very nice.
Second dish – Scallop from Hitra served in its own shell with horseradish vinaigrette and herb sprouts. Absolutely scrumptious!
Third dish – Pan-fried turbot in butter sauce, caviar and crispy crudite of leaf thin fennel slices. Exquisite flavors perfectly complemented.
Four dish – Rack of lamb from Dovrefjell with caramelized carrot puree and borettane onions. I prefer my lamb medium rare and this was served medium but it was good.
Fifth dish – Sea buckthorn cream with cloudberries and herb crumble. A nice juxtaposing of texture, rich creamy and saucy. Smooth yet crunchy, sweet yet savory, delicious and yummy.
Desert – Dark chocolate confectionery.
The chocolate eye is astonishing and amazing. A great way to finish the evening but you have to ask for the Sea Eye!
You may be wondering how much this meal cost and the answer is we don’t know. We were given the menu below but then the host said it would be double the price for some unknown reason. So we were expecting the bill to be 600 krona. After we finished our meal, the hostess said there would be no charge and it was included in our suite package.
We’ve had situations like this all throughout our journey. There is a cafe that sells pastries, coffee and other items in between main meals. Sometimes we are told our purchases are free (part of suite package) and sometimes we’re told there will be a charge. No one seems to know when or why we will be charged or when items are included in our suite package. We call it “Havila lottery” and sometimes we win big and other times we don’t. This cruise ship doesn’t have a casino but you still gamble with the cost of things during your journey.
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