JUNEAU

Thursday 14th.

We woke this morning to rain.  Apparently this is what Juneau is all about.  They tell us that they average 60 days of fine weather a year and considering in mid winter they have two hours of daylight it can't be the most exciting place to live. 

 This is the view from our hotel window.  The clouds in the hills are really quite lovely.

Juneau is a destination for cruise ships and there were three in the harbour today.  We spent a lot of the day joining the thousands of other tourists filling in a wet day around the shops.  There are dozens of jewellery stores which are owned by the various cruise ship companies who promote their own shops.  They seemed to be well patronised throughout the morning but by lunch time were deserted when, we assumed, the passengers went back on board to have lunch. 

We had dinner in a Pizza place tonight and this was the decoration on the back wall.  One bight spot in the whole of Juneau today

 

The town has an interesting mix of buildings and some lovely old houses.  Those buildings down on the harbour are older whilst there are a number of big hotels further up the hill.  Juneau is the capital of Alaska so there are also some government buildings around.  As you look up the main street it actually looks like something out of a movie set from a past era.