Winter Break 2014
Dec. 12th, 2014 07:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
livingdebWorking at UT I generally get the whole week off between Christmas and New Year's, inclusive, sometimes more. We get the same number of days off as other state workers, but we bundle many of them up into this period.
I don't like to travel during this period because everyone else is doing so. Also, it's cold. I used to try to do projects, but if you don't get all of your supplies ahead of time, it might not work out because places are closed.
This year, Robin also has off since he's between jobs. And by the time I'm retired, he wants to be getting an income, so we might not have time off together for some time. Our cash flow is pretty terrible right now, but I do have savings. So I told Robin, hey, let's go somewhere.
Let's see where trains go. Let's see where buses go. Let's just go somewhere that's interesting to walk around, even if it's just Salado.
And ... we're going to New Orleans. (By car.) Neither one of has ever visited there. And even if most things are closed, it's still pretty to walk around in. We've reserved our hotel, so it's happening.
So feel free to give us suggestions. We already know we should try seafood, cajun food, and beignets. And apparently macaroni and cheese. (And we've already found burger places and a pho place.) Sadly, we're not really into jazz.
There's a sculpture garden outside the art museum. And apparently swamp tours, plantation tours, ghost tours, and cemetary tours (though these might be closed). An aquarium. And an insectarium. And they have a river running through town just like we do, except it's the Mississippi River.
I don't like to travel during this period because everyone else is doing so. Also, it's cold. I used to try to do projects, but if you don't get all of your supplies ahead of time, it might not work out because places are closed.
This year, Robin also has off since he's between jobs. And by the time I'm retired, he wants to be getting an income, so we might not have time off together for some time. Our cash flow is pretty terrible right now, but I do have savings. So I told Robin, hey, let's go somewhere.
Let's see where trains go. Let's see where buses go. Let's just go somewhere that's interesting to walk around, even if it's just Salado.
And ... we're going to New Orleans. (By car.) Neither one of has ever visited there. And even if most things are closed, it's still pretty to walk around in. We've reserved our hotel, so it's happening.
So feel free to give us suggestions. We already know we should try seafood, cajun food, and beignets. And apparently macaroni and cheese. (And we've already found burger places and a pho place.) Sadly, we're not really into jazz.
There's a sculpture garden outside the art museum. And apparently swamp tours, plantation tours, ghost tours, and cemetary tours (though these might be closed). An aquarium. And an insectarium. And they have a river running through town just like we do, except it's the Mississippi River.
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