We arrived in Anchorage late yesterday afternoon. After two on time flights, a couple of people ahead at pre check security. We had to get up at 4am for our first flight, so we were really tired. We flew first class, but of course no lie flat seat or anything like that.
When we went to check our bags in, there was a family of ten going to somewhere in the Caribbean and half of them did not have the VeriFLY app authorization, so we stood in line behind them while it was sorted for quite some time. The only other delay was our bags were really slow coming off the belt In Anchorage. There was a Tauck agent. Another couple joined us and a family going on the Bridges tour which must start the same day as our trip. We have not seen anyone else yet
Our welcome packet was waiting at reception. The Mount Cook hotel is an Historical hotel of America, so some might find it a bit dingy decoration wise. We ate dinner at one of the restaurants on the recommended list from the TD. We had a 5-45pm reservation and it was really busy, we waited an hour for our entre which was halibut cheeks which we like but they were a little over cooked.
We had to wait for a table at breakfast this morning, The desk said it would be a half hour but more like twenty minutes, we ate reindeer sausage.
We made a late start for our walk around town, it’s really quiet. There are a lot of empty stores/buildings, gorgeous annual flower displays and homeless people everywhere, yes everywhere. The highlight was a theater showing a film about the Aurora which was fantastic with moving music to accompany it. We found a place called the Sandwich Deck near the hotel and bought take out Poboi sandwiches. We are tired, having a rest and then out again to see the Oscar Anderson house.
