The gal in the doorway of the European Jazz Club is Kate; she's from Czech Republic, and puts a new spin on the concept of bouncer. The two getting prepped for fun on Bourbon Street preferred anonymity. The couple is Adrian and Camilla (pronounced like "Pamela" - she's from Iceland). They're very much in love (more mooney, lovey-dovey pics later). They came into the bar (Harry's) about 1:30 a.m., and Adrian bought the house (all five of us) a round of Jameson's and we all had some good laughs.
New Orleans is very different in the morning (really?). I walked around the French Quarter for another couple of hours, talking with people and snapping pics like this one:
I was going to stay over Saturday night, but the weather channel said it was going to rain, so I headed west mid-afternoon. And indeed, it started raining just outside of NO. And it rained, and rained and rained. It was supposed to be a band of rain travelling west to east, so I thought I would go to Avery Island to visit the Tobasco factory. By the time I got to the area, it was raining too hard to even think of getting off the highway. So, I ended up staying in Lafayette, LA for the night. I got a $200 room at the Hilton (for $46, thanks again to Capt. Kirk), but there was no Internet access - their network was down, and tech support was not available. I offered, but no go. So, I watched some TV and dozed off. I slept in (again); they finally kicked me out around 1:00.
Anyway, I'm heading for San Antonio, TX now, and just stopped in to McD's to check messages and log this (three hous later...). I will be staying in San Antonio for one night; two if the FedEx place accepts the shipment of car parts for me (it's against the rules, so I might be SOL). The car is good, but needs an alignment (hence the parts).
Otherwise, all is well.
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