Day 5: A Storm's A Brewin

The next day, the skies cleared up and the sun was out once more, so no rain in sight ... yet. We walked down to the French Quarter again to get some breakfast at Cafe Du Monde,which is famous for their beignets (basically large donuts covered in powdered sugar). They were not only delicious, but really cheap too, definitely an added bonus. We sat in the outside cafe area, which had the atmosphere of a French cafe and sipped on iced cafe au lait while the humidity once again rolled in.

Cafe Du Monde just happens to be right next to the Mississippi River, so we went over and took some pictures and imagined Huck Finn rollin down in his raft next to us.

Whilst taking pictures there, we noticed a huge black cloud about to roll in, so we tried to buy our souvenirs and walk back to the hotel as quickly as possible.

Our last stop before leaving was probably the most important: the Real World

New Orleans house (otherwise known as the Belfort Mansion).

I must say, this was my favorite season of all, with favorite 'characters' such as my Filipina sister Melissa and 'woo woo' David. Who could forget when Melissa got mad at him and threw a chair[SEE HERE!] ?? Classic. Anyways, it looks a little different than it did in circa 1998, but still awesome to see in real life none the less.

We unfortunately had to leave New Orleans to go to Dallas, but I would definitely go back again, because there is a lot more we didn't get to see and a lot more we did see (i.e. French Quarter) that I would love to do again!!

The rest of the day was spent driving for 8 and a half hours to Dallas, where not much really happened. Oh except for the fact we pretty much drove through a torrential rainstorm for half of the drive there. But we survived, and so did Stanley.

We finally arrived in Dallas, and were so tired that we decided to just order delivery and eat in the room. Besides, the only thing we wanted to see in Dallas was the JFK assassination site, which you'll see in the next post. Let's just say that in general, I'm not a big fan of Texas, so I don't think I'll have too much to say about it. Oh well, no need to worry, because Tejas wasn't our final destination, LA was and only 3 days away!

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