Bob and Camille's Adventures in NOLA Continued...

The next morning, we met Brem and Dippa at Petunia’s for brunch. With a wait for a table, they offered drinks while we stood outside—alcoholic drinks only- no coffee, tea or soda! We had a rather disastrous brunch – the waitress messed up the order- and then was indignant about it. We did get to, once again, live vicariously through Bob and Camille’s adventures. After leaving us the night before, they went back to the Pirate’s Alley Café and met up with some real “pirates”…. Aarrrrghhh! They had another late night/early morning.

We said our goodbyes to Brem and Dippa and it was off to the “Katrina Tour”. The tour went through New Orleans- seeing the Convention Center, the Superdome, the Lakeview area, Gentilly (where most of the deaths occurred), New Orleans East, St Bernard’s Parish and the Lower 9th Ward. In the Lower 9th Ward, we saw the hordes of volunteers working on Musicians Village

After the tour, it was back to Tujagues for their famous beef brisket and gumbo – for a little appetizer. Then, we found a great local bar called Coops for dinner.

The next morning, things were a bit slow in Mudville. The New Orleans nightlife was finally catching up to Bob and Camille. But, with only one more day left, we dragged them off to continue exploring the city. We took the ferry to Algiers and saw Mardi Gras World. Then, we drove to the Garden District and had our favorite – a Domilice’s shrimp po-boy. We took in the IMAX “Hurricane in the Bayou” then, along with Chloe, went out for dinner at the Bulldog. Chloe’s first restaurant experience- and she did great!

A 6:25 A.M. flight on Sunday and Bob and Camille were back to the real world and we were back to a much more quiet lifestyle.