This city is beautiful with its elegant balconied architecture, palm trees, banana trees and all kinds of music everywhere. People who inhabit it seem to be proud of it unsurprisingly. We came to the rescue of a cyclist who had lost control of his girlfriends bike which he was trailing along and he enthusiastically told us about his city and its vibe: no shortage of music bars and restaurants. As he cycled off he called back "thanks, if I see you in the Quarter I'll buy you a drink".
Today, Monday 26th September , we did a very touristy thing and took the paddle steamboat Natchez trip. The fare included a buffet meal ; red beans and rice, mac n cheese, fried chicken and fish, candied yams, greens - kind of weird mixtures but interesting! A traditional jazz band played. The boat still runs on steam unlike the other trip boat operating here. It's fierce steam whistle lets you know and someone plays a steam organ from the top deck as you embark: saints go marching in !
It was lovely to be in a breeze on deck and Pete once again reminisced his travels here. We passed huge working ships and barges expertly manoeuvred by their little tugs, how Pete canoed amongst all this enormous craft I have no idea.
We picked up some snacks to take back for the evening as we wanted to watch the Trump/Clinton debate, which was fascinating and I cannot believe people are still backing Trump after his dreadful performance.
NOLA residents had a tough decision this evening as there was an important Saints ball game on the other channel at the same time as the debate. Those that watched the match were disappointed - the Saints lost.
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