Dallas- Uptown

Dallas is quite well known for its Mexican cuisine....so we definitely wanted to try it one night.....yes, I should probably go a few steps back...you must be wondering....how did they get to Dallas, were they not just in Naples.....well...yes, we were....but after three days we left Naples and flew to Dallas.

We arrived late afternoon and made our way to the rent-a-car....that was quite a mission there...not the finding of the car or getting the car keys....BUT rather...the issue of the middle-seat....we received a brand new Volvo X90...and the middle-seat of the back-row was down....and we just could not figure out how to put it up (we had two people assisting us). After about 20min they wanted to upgrade us to a Mercedes...BUT none of us WANTED a Mercedes, we ALL wanted to Volvo....so finally my dad helped....and finally we managed to get the seat up....yay...time to make our way to the hotel. Let me share a pic of the number plate...

Volvo number plate

Arrival at the hotel, called W Victory, we pretty much dropped our bags and went for dinner. We decided to eat at the restaurant on-sight because Sofia was exhausted and to start searching for a restaurant was not an option, also that way straight after dinner I would be able to take her to bed. The restaurant was called Cook Hall.

The food was actually quite good...but also quite expensive..but what can you expect from the hotel. Mom and I had some Prosecco and dad tried a glass of red wine.....for food mom and I ordered a Ceasar salad and deep fried chicken strips whilst dad ordered spaghetti with meatballs (I think he was missing Italy, hahaha). Let me share some pics....

Ceasar salad with deep fried cheese ball

Deep fried chicken strips with barbeque sauce

Sofia phoning Papa during dinner

Spaghetti with meatballs

So yes, we had a good first night in Dallas.....the next morning we would check out downtown Dallas for a an easy breakfast and then we would meet my parent's friend who would show us some other areas of Dallas...a bit of a tourist guide...hahaha...looking forward to that. Until then...goodnight from me.


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