Everything is air conditioned, the hotels, shops, restaurants and cars. As you walk into the street, this wave of heat hits you. It was around 30 degrees today but with the heavy cloud cover the humidity was hectic and the real feel was 35.
We walked down the the harbour and were pretty sweaty when we arrived. We bought tickets for the steam boat and explored the area. We boarded the Natchez at 11:00 and as the old steamer headed down the Mississippi, towards the Gulf of Mexico, the heavens opened. The rain continued throughout our two hour trip. The banks of the Mississippi around New Orleans are mainly industrial with us passing sugar and oil refineries. It is amazing how big this river really is (third largest in the world) and we passed many big ships and passenger liners. On the way back we had a jazz band entertaining us.
As we docked the rain stopped and we ambled back through the French Quarter, stopping in at some of the quaint shops.
For dinner we went to Mr B’s Bistro, definitely more upmarket than Desire with Doleres. Gray had shrimp and grits and I, being less adventurous had the salmon. We have loved the cuisine here.
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