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Travel 4: All Around the World Same Song

Allagash Wilderness Waterway was awesome. We started about 75-80 miles from the village at the end of the waterway. Took us 6 days, but the first day was a short one.

It was great not hearing about / thinking about Covid or Donald Trump for a week.

Lots of wildlife. Encountered very few people. Would love to go back. Would have liked a little more water (lots of rock dodging in the river sections, we had to drag the canoes in a few places. Some spots that would have been fun little rapids were pretty annoying since it was impossible to avoid all the rocks)
 
BassAle said:
Allagash Wilderness Waterway was awesome. We started about 75-80 miles from the village at the end of the waterway. Took us 6 days, but the first day was a short one.

It was great not hearing about / thinking about Covid or Donald Trump for a week.

Lots of wildlife. Encountered very few people. Would love to go back. Would have liked a little more water (lots of rock dodging in the river sections, we had to drag the canoes in a few places. Some spots that would have been fun little rapids were pretty annoying since it was impossible to avoid all the rocks)
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Jealous! Not sure what I am jealous more of- the lack of hearing about the scum human beings can be or seeing the beauty of the earth.
 
Over here in Europe, I've been able to spend five of the last six weeks in Vienna. Just working remotely and taking some weekend trips to Bratislava, Budapest, and Ljubljana. I think next week, I'll head to Switzerland.

How's travel in the states going? ;)
 
Flight back to the US looks to be on schedule for next Thursday.

considering a quick couple nights in New Orleans. Take the mask off for dinner :D:Dboth nights. Otherwise it stays tight and no boozing.
 
mookie1995 said:
Flight back to the US looks to be on schedule for next Thursday.

considering a quick couple nights in New Orleans. Take the mask off for dinner :D:Dboth nights. Otherwise it stays tight and no boozing.
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Jaques-Imos is a nice choice outside the quarter--just excellent food. It was crowded when I was there precovid, so I don't know what their distancing rules are.
 
burd said:
Jaques-Imos is a nice choice outside the quarter--just excellent food. It was crowded when I was there precovid, so I don't know what their distancing rules are.
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Reads as though all restaurants need to social distance the tables. Masks required except when actively eating. NO service at bars and reservations required to track if needed.

sounds as though safe as can be. And if people are scared away less crowded and easier to get a table

thanks for the tip too
 
mookie1995 said:
Flight back to the US looks to be on schedule for next Thursday.

considering a quick couple nights in New Orleans. Take the mask off for dinner :D:Dboth nights. Otherwise it stays tight and no boozing.
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I found it interesting to wander around St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 but I was told not to go alone because people would sometimes get robbed. I brought a friend, but there were plenty of guided groups going through so there were almost always other people around. I believe they changed it to only allow guided groups into #1 so you can't just wander around anymore, and the tours are something like $20. There are still other cemeteries nearby that you can go in without being part of a tour group (like St. Louis Cemetery No 2).

I've also been through the facility where they assemble the Mardi Gras floats a couple times, and that was interesting. Not sure if it's open right now (they usually do public tours), but both times I went it was after hours for private events. You could walk around and look at floats in various stages of assembly.
 
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Here are some brunch recommendations I get from daughter living there:

Higher end: Atchafalaya

Her fav: Trenasse. recommends crab cake benedicts and blue crab bisque. Bottomless mimosas

Others: Slim Goodies (first come first served); Toast no recommendations but you can put yourself on waitlist with yelp

I haven't eaten at any of these.
 
mookie1995 said:
Reads as though all restaurants need to social distance the tables. Masks required except when actively eating. NO service at bars and reservations required to track if needed.

sounds as though safe as can be. And if people are scared away less crowded and easier to get a table

thanks for the tip too
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Just remember that the south is full of a special kind of stupid that mookie might not be used to being overseas. At least not at this frequency.
 
dxmnkd316 said:
Just remember that the south is full of a special kind of stupid that mookie might not be used to being overseas. At least not at this frequency.
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Nola is plagued by hicks from Iowa, Indiana, and all over the county looking to indulge themselves in a little titillating guilty pleasure, but the city itself and its inhabitants are not typical southern fare.
 
burd said:
Nola is plagued by hicks from Iowa, Indiana, and all over the county looking to indulge themselves in a little titillating guilty pleasure, but the city itself and its inhabitants are not typical southern fare.
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This. NO is not a southern city. It's an international free city -- an entrepôt -- like Shanghai, Marseilles, Zanzibar, or Amsterdam.
 
One of my medical journals had a piece on what happened with an international flight- 7 positive tests after they disembarked, which led to a large number of other positives and some spread. I think they weren't masked but still
 
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