Carl's Blog

Why do some IHG hotels offer free breakfast and others don’t? And why do some offer free parking and others don’t? I guess I know the answer – Money Money 💰💰💰

Didn’t do much structured adventuring today. I did a total of 9.3 miles by the end of the day. Let’s just call is lots of exploring.

One thing I can say about Bourbon Street… It’s not really my vibe. I prefer it during the day vs the night. Don’t get me wrong I like a good adult beverage, I just don’t think you are getting your bang for the buck. With that said, you have plenty of choices for frozen, slushy beverages. Something else I noticed were all the small art galleries.

I didn’t get pictures but I saw groups of “stem punk” dressed individuals with manual type writers that would compose a poem for you on the stop for any topic you gave them. I even saw a magician performing magic on the sidewalk outside Cafe Du Mont.

Speaking of the Cafe Du Mont, I’m not going to be trying their beignets unless I can get there very early. I don’t stand in lines that long.

I planned on going to the Museum of Art. I even purchased a ticket to ride the cable cars for the day; however, the cable cars all lost power and after waiting 10 minutes I decided to go to church.

I arrived at St. Louis Cathedral Basilica just in time (3:45PMish) to be warned the church would be closing in 5 minutes. So I took the pictures above and quickly left. I booked a history/cemetery tour for 10AM tomorrow and I think the cathedral is one of the first stops.

I’m hoping to do one of the bus ghost tours because they go to some of the cemeteries but in the evening. Assuming I can myself to an afternoon jazz club vs a nighttime jazz club. Tomorrow will tell. My feet hurt.

I’m going to end this post with a picture of a tanker on the Mississippi River. Enjoy.