Left a toasty Mississippi this morning from Fr. Chris Munsch's parish and traveled directly to the French Quarter of New Orleans. First stop was Central Grocery for the "original" muffaletta sandwich. Peter and I shared it along with a bag of Zapp's Crawtator's potato chips. The others grabbed other sandwiches since they are not a fan of olives. We all washed it down with slushes (mango, watermelon, tropical and a Margarita for me!).
Through the heat we sat in the shade and listened to some street jazz performers and I smoked a cigar. Kids were intrigued by me smoking. They have never seen me do it...and had mixed feelings about it. I tried to tell them that I only smoke cigars every 7 years. Not sure if they bought it.
We then went in to pray at St. Louis Cathedral and take in the beauty of Jackson Square. I think we were successful in keeping the kids away from the tarot card readers and all the voodoo crap. The big thing was a carriage ride throughout the quarter in a mule-drawn carriage. The driver is the same one I rode in with my parents 17 years ago when I completed my novitiate. I swear it was the same horse too!!! Kids liked it...poop and all!
The closing of the time down in the quarter were beignet's at Cafe de Monde. Although, John was fast asleep in his chair. They were on the border of heat exhaustion. We left fulfilled and went to check into the hotel, only to find they were more than challenged to find a room for us. After a lot of searching, we had to be placed into 3 rooms before getting one with AC that worked.
Supper tonight was at the Waffle House. Trying to expose the kids
to plenty of all the different eateries around USA. They advertise 15 meals for $5 and we tried a few tonight! Many of the restaurants, hotels and businesses were all destroyed back in the hurricane...hard to believe how many never rebuilt! Many malls are completely empty!!! Looks like a riot destroyed them.
Kids went swimming and went to bed with minimal fuss tonight. Tomorrow will be the Audubon Aquarium and Insectarium....then off to Fr. Jack's for the week in Bunkie where we will travel around the state visiting and showing the kids the sites of Louisiana!
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