I woke up early the next day and headed over towards the New Orleans Riverwalk area. It’s a large indoor shopping mall right next to the Mississippi River. It opens early and inside is a Cafe du Monde that is much, much less crowded than its more famous location in the French Quarter. Nearby are all kinds of other shops, sightseeing of naval traffic in the river, and the original aquarium of my childhood, the Audubon Aquarium of the Americas. It suffered near catastrophic damage from Hurricane Katrina, but has rebuilt itself nicely while staying true to my memory.
