On January 28, 2015, I finally made use of my travel benefits. At 7:20 am, my coworker and I met at N12 and boarded our flight to Anchorage, Alaska. We didn't have whole plans for what to do while in Anchorage, only that I had a friend who lived there and we were meeting her for lunch. But it seemed that Michael, my coworker, hadn't planned for the Alaskan weather, which I pointed out to him as he strolled up to the gate wearing khakis and a hoodie. Thank goodness it was a balmy 9 degrees Fahrenheit that day; Michael could have frozen!
This guy is fine.
Anyways, we arrived at the airport and took a taxi into town, where we sprinted from the cab into the warm mall. We only made short excursions out into the neighboring blocks, running for warmth. Our first excursion was through the park next door to the mall, which displayed beautiful ice sculptures from some festival Michael and I hadn't been invited to. Our second trip out was just around the block on the other side of the mall, and thankfully we saw some great sunshine, which warmed us up just enough to stay outside for five more minutes.
We met Anna for lunch at noon at a place called Club Paris. I had the steak sandwich, which was actually a cube of steak on some bread. It was delicious, although all menu items were overpriced.
After lunch, we made one more trip around town before catching the 4:15 flight home. Not a long day, not a warm day, but still plenty of fun.
All in all, not a bad first impression of Alaska.
Until next time!
Until next time!
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