It would have been rude to leave Nashville without returning to the Loveless Cafe , where we dined a couple of days ago, for one last Southern Breakfast before we leave the Southern states behind us as we travel ever onwards north to our ultimate destination, Chicago.
Today we drove 200+ miles through 4 US states: Tennessee, Kentucky (new to us), Illinois and Missouri ending up on the west bank of the Mississippi at the Hampton Inn in Cape Giradeau, Missouri. Different accents, the drawl has all but gone, and visibly fewer areas of ramshackle housing are just two noticeable changes that we are aware of as we enter the Mid-West.
The guy that checked us in to the hotel recommended a river front restaurant, Broussard's that specialises in Cajun cuisine (the owner moved here from New Orleans) and what a great recommendation it was with fab food and fantastic blues music playing in the background. After dinner we took a short stroll along the river side of the levee that protects Cape Giradeau when the Mississippi is in flood: Riverfront Park
As a delightful nightcap, the hotel provided milk and cookies for us when we returned later that evening :0)
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