Postcard # 5 – New Orleans – Monday 19.11

Left Austin at exactly 9.00 am after filling up and trying to find a gas station with an air hose that worked (but did not). Took a full hour to drive around Houston. Just how big is that city?

Drove into the Maison Dupuy in New Orleans at 6.15pm after just two stops of about 15 minutes each.

Have a fabulous room for US$89 – the Monday-Thursday rate. Best room I have ever had here. On the weekend it’s back to US$229 (a football game is on).

Walked to Adolfo’s on Frenchman and got a little damp when a thunderstorm hit (luckily had my ACL umbrella). The pork chop with the marsala sauce is the best I have ever had. There must have been 10,000 calories in there and it was a slow walk back to the hotel afterwards.

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