Anchorage, day 1

Paul and I took a shuttle bus into the city's convention centre and ended up taking a walk, partly along the waterfront, alongside a lake and a path up a Creek.

As we were not too far from a large outdoor shop and shopping mall, we took a walk there. Paul had a look at sunhats because he forgot his at home in France. They were ridiculously expensive for what they were, so we will look elsewhere for a sunhat that doesn't require a bank loan. There wasn't much happening in the mall - a lot of shops had closed down. It seems to be a dying mall.

We took a walk back to the city centre almost the same way as we had walked, with a deviation via Walmart to pick up more crisps. Imagine what a rucksack full of goodies looks like going through the ship's x-ray machine!

By the time we got to the shuttle bus, we were aching, and our feet were sizzling. We had managed to walk 15km in total. It was good to get back to the ship and relax.Читать далее