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OUTINGS
and paintings by Israeli artists. A life-size replica of the Pieta
was recently acquired from the Michelangelo Museum in Flor-
ence. But the most stunning picture is the Resurrection Mural
measuring forty feet wide by twelve feet high created especially
for the museum.
For lunch, we’re off to North Park Mall, the premier shopping
center, offering a mix of the finest in luxury shopping to the
traditional, in a setting with fountains, a landscaped garden
and surrounded by a collection of 20th Century sculpture and
art. You’ll be on your own to choose from a cup of coffee to fine
dining or just shop to your hearts’ content!
On the way, we’ll stop at the Czech Store inWest and on the way
back, we’ll make a fast-food stop in Waco.
Note: Tour includes standing and walking, as does the
mall. Wear comfortable shoes and knowyour limitations.
Deadline for purchasing tickets is March 25.
Ticket cost includes transportation and museum entrance.
Volunteer Trip Leader: Ellen Mire
Esther’s Follies & Pappadeaux’s Seafood
Kitchen - NEW!
Thursday, March 28, $67 pp
Depart SCPL 4:30 p.m.; Return 10:30 p.m.
Enjoy a delicious dinner and a hi-
larious show at a very reasonable price. Our
evening begins at Pappadeaux with their fa-
mous salad. Choose from the following entrées:
Ginger Salmon, a char-grilled fillet; Pan Grilled Tilapia topped
with toasted hazelnuts; Mixed SeafoodGrill, a skewer of assorted
char-grilled seafood served with dirty rice; Pasta Mardi Gras,
linguine tossed with crawfish, andouille sausage and crimini
mushrooms in a marinara sauce; or Crispy Chicken Tenderloin
Fingers with French fries. Choose vanilla cheesecake with fresh
strawberries or key lime pie in a graham cracker pecan crust
for dessert. A cash bar will be available with ample time for a
beverage of your choice. Your ticket price includes coffee, tea,
tip and tax.
After dinner we will board our motor coach and go to Esther’s
Follies in downtownAustin. This show is amix of skits of current
events, amazingmagic, great music and incredible costumes – all
with a Texas-size sense of humor. The material is fresh, funnier
than you remember and will provide another evening of true
entertainment. First-timers, you haven’t seen anything until you
experience Esther’s Follies, the “talk of the town.” If laughter is
good for the soul, this show will add years to your life!
Ticket cost includes transportation, dinner, and great seats for
Esther’s Follies.
Volunteer Trip Leader: Anita Reed
Cajun Country Tour: Lafayette, LA area -
NEW!
Monday, April 15 - Sunday, April 21
Double occupancy tickets must be purchased as a pair.
$585 pp double occupancy; $795 pp single occupancy
Depart SCPL on Monday, 7 a.m.; Return Sunday, 5 p.m.
Cajun Country is
the land of the Calcasieu, Teche and Atchafa-
laya; Macque Choix and Boudin, Zydeco and
Swamp Pop. Enjoy the crocsignoles and muf-
fulettas, gumbo and etouffee, see the alligators
and the egrets, visit plantations and swamps. This is Cajun
Country where there is a little lagniappe and lots of bon temps.
Laissez les bons temps rouler! On the way to Louisiana we have
lunch at Golden Corral in Beaumont, and stop in Jennings, LA
to play with an alligator or two. Tuesday begins at the Jean
Lafitte National Park to learn the history of The Acadians and
the mystique of Evangeline. Then we go to Vermillionville for
lunch, a Cajun cooking lesson and a tour of the village where the
city of Lafayette began. The day ends with a tour of the Mouton
House at the LafayetteMuseumand a drive downtownLafayette.
Out to Atchafalaya swamp on Wednesday for a view from the
second longest bridge in the US, then into the swamp for a boat
trip and visit with the alligators. Lunch at Crawfish Town USA
includes a tour and demonstration of the cleaning and preparation
of these delicacies. After lunchwe visit the Longfellow-Evangeline
State Historic Site and the Olivier Plantation. St. Martinville is
known as the home of Evangeline. Our tour includes the Evan-
geline Oak, St. Martin Church and the Evangeline statue.
Thursday begins at the Konriko Rice Mill, the oldest in the US,
followed by a visit to Shadows-On-The-Teche, an antebellum
sugar plantation. Lunch is at Bon Creole, voted the best Poboys
in Louisiana. Then we get hot and humid at Avery Island with
a tour of the Tabasco Factory and Country Store.
Start Friday at the Bayou Teche museum, learning how the
Spanish town of New Iberia got planted in the middle of French
Louisiana. After a brief visit to the Delcambre Canal shrimp
docks, we tour the Rip Van Winkle Gardens and Joseph Jef-
ferson plantation home. Lunch is on your own at the Jefferson
Restaurant in the Rip VanWinkle Gardens. Our final day starts
at a down-home Cajun jam session at Savoy Music in Eunice.
Then we have lunch at a Cajun Restaurant in Jennings before
touring the Zigler Art Museum and step back in time at the W.
H. Tupper Museum and Bell South Telephone Museum.
Heading home on Sunday we stop in North Houston for lunch
at the Olive Garden before returning to Sun City around 5 p.m.
Evening dinners are on your own. Ticket cost includes transpor-
tation, admissions to all attractions, six nights at the Wingate
by Wyndham in Lafayette, six lunches and six hot breakfasts.
Volunteer Trip Leader: Carol Hines
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