NINILCHIK, Alaska

After Homer, Alaska we drove north and we headed to Ninilchik, Alaska. An other small little fishing village. Ninilchik has a very nice Russian Orthodox church. And this reminds you that Alaska has a pretty young life as US state. It is actual a state only since 1959. Before that was a US territory. And before that it was Russian. Finally a little bit of History also in US. Here is the way the village is describing itself ...... and these are few pictures from the Russian Orthodox Church, the village itself and the harbor. It is really strange to spend half a day in such a small village. But I guess this is what Alaska is all about. We are used to live in cities which are way too big and way too convoluted for us, and when we get in small and simple villages we found our self suddenly unprepared ... here are some nice pictures that I took today ...This is the Russian Orthodox Church, with the annexed cimitery. The curch was locked, when we visited it, so we didn't have the chance to visit it inside ...... but of course the best part of a trip, and of our life, are the people that we meet. And in Ninilchik we met two very nice guys. Ted from Seattle and Captain Charlie from Forida. Funny enough Tina & Captain Charlie have the same birthday. In the picture they are holding and proudly showing their photo ID while they are celebrating with some cookie...