Avilla Bed and Breakfast New Orleans
3336 Gentilly Blvd. New Orleans, Louisiana, 70122, United States
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Sadly New Orleans was a Bust
... fault. I think he was committing suicide. When I can avoid night driving over long distances, it's definitely my preference especially when I'm in unfamiliar territory, which is most of the time these days.
Around 4:30 PM I pulled into Baton Rouge, LA - the outskirts of town, I didn't really see any reason to head into the city center and I saw signs for a casino (oh no) and I thought I could get some food, maybe play a little and sleep there for the night in the parking ...
Food, drink and good company
... probably lots of hot dog and candy floss sellers. Never mind, maybe we will catch one somewhere. Anyway, we were now heading off to New Orleans to meet up with some family friends and stay for a couple of days. We've been looking forward to this since we made the arrangements a couple of weeks ago. New company and a proper double bed, bliss! We had lunch at Ashe Lake in DeSoto National Forest and planned a route to New Orleans that travelled the Gulf Coast for a ...
New Orleans or Nawlins!
... or quarters, the most interesting of these for me was the French Quarter. It feels like you’re walking the streets of Europe because the city was originally founded by the French, then given to the Spanish who after a while decided to give it back then the Americans finally took over. It’s also interesting to see the contrast between the modern CBD buildings as a background for historic French architecture.
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Polio progress...
... there had onle been one instance in each country since January 1st. Fantastic! We also saw some new images from the This close campaign. As in we are "this close" to eradicating polio. 99% of the way there.
I've continued to meet friendly and interesting Rotarians from around the world, and nearer to home as I went to dinner with some folks from the South East of England. We went to the well known Bayou ...
Saturday in N'awlins, dahlin'
... in the 1800's.
We ate food completely covered in crumbs and deep-fried. Even the oysters. I had never seen oysters so mistreated in my life, yet they were strangely delicious.
Perhaps my senses were lulled by Shauna calling me Bay-bee & Dawlin' and making me the strongest bourbon & 'coke' I'd ever had....I'm sure it's possible that she may have put the coke bottle down next to my glass or maybe said the word coke over the top of it.
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