We survived the night. Actually, it was pretty calm and we were able to get some solid sleep. No excursions today. It was a very low key day in Juneau.
We walked into town in a light drizzle. There were four ships in port and the town was very crowded and it was impossible to walk on the sidewalks. There were a lot of Japanese and they are not very courteous; if they want to walk in a certain direction and you are in the way, they just bump or push you. The rest of the tourists must leave their brains at home because they wander about without looking where they are going. They stand in the street gazing up, around and everywhere except to look out for cars.
We wound up at the library to do our internet stuff. Free 30 minutes – what a bargain! I was not able to upload my Word file to do a cut and paste into email because the library’s Word was an old version. The librarian was very helpful; I suggested she open the file on her computer, cut and paste into email, and then email it to me. It worked like a charm and hopefully you were able to receive it OK.
After the library, we wandered around the
town. There were a few nice shops, but mostly jewelry stores and trinket and T-shirt shops. The stores were advertising end of season sales and there were some pretty good prices on souvenir sweatshirts and jackets. We came back empty handed since this snowbird doesn’t need any more sweatshirts (plus I already have a very nice Alaska shirt).
We had lunch and then spent the afternoon wandering around the ship and then settled into my favorite place to read. Made a few phone calls; it was so nice to reach out and touch someone you love. Michael followed up with our cruise contact person to see about changing our room. We were informed that it would happen today and that we were going to get a passenger room.
After waiting all day, it finally happened!! We were informed at 9 pm that we would get a new room. We packed and at 10 pm we made the move. A room steward came with a trolley to transport all our stuff. We had miscellaneous bags for books (which have mysteriously multiplied) and snacks and martini glasses and other assorted oddities. We left our hanging clothes on hangers. I felt like a gypsy. We finally settled into our new room at 11 pm. It is an inside room and has less storage, but a better bed. I have figured out how to live with an inside room so I am less stressed without the window. We are going to have to move again when the turnaround comes on Monday. We have absolutely no idea where we will go next.
Tomorrow is Skagway.
We walked into town in a light drizzle. There were four ships in port and the town was very crowded and it was impossible to walk on the sidewalks. There were a lot of Japanese and they are not very courteous; if they want to walk in a certain direction and you are in the way, they just bump or push you. The rest of the tourists must leave their brains at home because they wander about without looking where they are going. They stand in the street gazing up, around and everywhere except to look out for cars.
We wound up at the library to do our internet stuff. Free 30 minutes – what a bargain! I was not able to upload my Word file to do a cut and paste into email because the library’s Word was an old version. The librarian was very helpful; I suggested she open the file on her computer, cut and paste into email, and then email it to me. It worked like a charm and hopefully you were able to receive it OK.
After the library, we wandered around the
town. There were a few nice shops, but mostly jewelry stores and trinket and T-shirt shops. The stores were advertising end of season sales and there were some pretty good prices on souvenir sweatshirts and jackets. We came back empty handed since this snowbird doesn’t need any more sweatshirts (plus I already have a very nice Alaska shirt).We had lunch and then spent the afternoon wandering around the ship and then settled into my favorite place to read. Made a few phone calls; it was so nice to reach out and touch someone you love. Michael followed up with our cruise contact person to see about changing our room. We were informed that it would happen today and that we were going to get a passenger room.
After waiting all day, it finally happened!! We were informed at 9 pm that we would get a new room. We packed and at 10 pm we made the move. A room steward came with a trolley to transport all our stuff. We had miscellaneous bags for books (which have mysteriously multiplied) and snacks and martini glasses and other assorted oddities. We left our hanging clothes on hangers. I felt like a gypsy. We finally settled into our new room at 11 pm. It is an inside room and has less storage, but a better bed. I have figured out how to live with an inside room so I am less stressed without the window. We are going to have to move again when the turnaround comes on Monday. We have absolutely no idea where we will go next.
Tomorrow is Skagway.
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