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at the zoo Spent today at the Audubon Zoo and saw white crocodiles, gorillas being fed and a two-headed snake! Here I am next to the white Bengal tiger cage. Flying off to the second destination of my NEXTPEDITION trip tomorrow morning. I bought several pounds of pralines and caramel tortues (“turtle” in French) as presents from New Orleans. Will try to not eat ‘em all before returning home on Sunday…

at the zoo

Spent today at the Audubon Zoo and saw white crocodiles, gorillas being fed and a two-headed snake! Here I am next to the white Bengal tiger cage.

Flying off to the second destination of my NEXTPEDITION trip tomorrow morning. I bought several pounds of pralines and caramel tortues (“turtle” in French) as presents from New Orleans. Will try to not eat ‘em all before returning home on Sunday…

About a month ago, I was invited to experience a new mystery travel program by American Express Travel on behalf of Foodspotting. The program is called NEXTPEDITION and the premise is this: Take a quiz to determine your “travel sign” and specialized agents will customize a vacation based on your sign, travel style and preferences. Oh, and your first destination and mystery activities aren’t revealed until a few days before you leave… I took the quiz in September, but I didn’t learn of my first stop until last Friday and - surprise! - today I am in New Orleans eating beignets and turtle soup. Tomorrow morning I need to seek more reliable connections to the Internet (trying to work and upload foodspottings here…) and, in the afternoon, AMEX Travel planned a culinary taste tour of the French Quarter. Many good things to come including the zoo on Wednesday! (My idea. I love the zoo.) As for Thursday, only time will tell. Literally. The next city will not be revealed until 24 hours before… More thoughts on NEXTPEDITION on Foodspotting. Photo: Me walking uphill in Lisbon two years ago. My cousin Lily and I were trying to reach a castle and were too impatient to wait for the bus. We walked about a mile before we gave up, and a bus finally rolled on by and picked us up. The ride up was steep, long and we would have never made it, but it was fun forging ahead with no more than enthusiasm and a vague idea about where we were going to propel us forward.

About a month ago, I was invited to experience a new mystery travel program by American Express Travel on behalf of Foodspotting. The program is called NEXTPEDITION and the premise is this: Take a quiz to determine your “travel sign” and specialized agents will customize a vacation based on your sign, travel style and preferences. Oh, and your first destination and mystery activities aren’t revealed until a few days before you leave…

I took the quiz in September, but I didn’t learn of my first stop until last Friday and - surprise! - today I am in New Orleans eating beignets and turtle soup.

Tomorrow morning I need to seek more reliable connections to the Internet (trying to work and upload foodspottings here…) and, in the afternoon, AMEX Travel planned a culinary taste tour of the French Quarter. Many good things to come including the zoo on Wednesday! (My idea. I love the zoo.) As for Thursday, only time will tell. Literally. The next city will not be revealed until 24 hours before…

More thoughts on NEXTPEDITION on Foodspotting.

Photo: Me walking uphill in Lisbon two years ago. My cousin Lily and I were trying to reach a castle and were too impatient to wait for the bus. We walked about a mile before we gave up, and a bus finally rolled on by and picked us up. The ride up was steep, long and we would have never made it, but it was fun forging ahead with no more than enthusiasm and a vague idea about where we were going to propel us forward.