After 2 planes, and a taxi ride we arrived in New Orleans,
Louisiana! The Crescent City! The Big Easy! NOLA!
On this trip we’ll be sailing up and down the lower portion of
the Mississippi River.
Yesterday we wondered around the French Quarter, looking for
a Cajun or Creole place to eat. There are so many restaurants out here and not
enough time to try them all! We ended up at the restaurant next door to our
hotel. There was a lot of people out and about-- the culture out here is a lot different
than in California. I absolutely love it! After we ordered our food, went back
to our hotel, ate, lounged around for a bit and went to bed. Tomorrow we’ll have half a day explore some
more. I was going to write a blog entry but there’s wasn’t much to write.
Today was fun! We checked out of our hotel and continued to explore
the French Quarter during the day. There’s so much shopping around here! I recognized a lot of design elements from the French Quarter in Disneyland. One
thing that was disappointing was the lack of public restrooms. There are absolutely
no public restrooms around here! We spent a lot of time going back and fourth
between our hotel restroom and the only public restroom in the area.
After an eternity of shopping we went back to our hotel to
hang out for a bit and headed out to get a snack. Somehow, we ended up at a
business park with a food court… There was an actual food court at the business
park!!! As cool as that sounds we weren’t able to get a snack because they were
closing. Their schedule caters to the building's occupants so they close when
everyone leaves. We ended up getting a sandwich at a spot downstairs.
When we arrived at on our ship we unpacked, ate and went to
the nightly show. This is the first time I’ve been on a paddle boat and it’s
the coolest thing. I’ve been on cruise ships, river boats but I’ve never been
on a paddle boat. We explored the boat and went to the theater for the show. There’s
a 24 hour snack lounge on this boat. Oh no!
Tonight’s show was called RiverSong, a cabaret show with a Mississippi
River theme. They performed Take A Ride On A Riverboat by LeRoux, Roll On
Mississippi by Charley Pride, Is It True What They Say About Dixie, Moon River,
Old Man River, Lazy River, Cry Me A River, Basin Street Blues, an instrumental
arrangement of Down By The Riverside, Take Me To The River, New Orleans by Hoagy
Carmichael, River In The Rain, Muddy Water from Big River Musical, The River of
Dreams by Billy Joel and they ended with two versions of Proud Mary!
After the show we got room service and retired for the night. Yeah, we were to lazy to go to the snack lounge. What a life we live...
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