I think I might already be behind on my blog posts.. Time to catch up!
John and I had some trouble getting to New Orleans. Our milk run of an itinerary (yhz-yyz-dfw-msy) was altered early on when our flight out of Halifax was delayed.. So we missed our other connections and spent the night in Toronto. We were rerouted through Miami the next day and, after being delayed again, arrived in New Orleans. (Nearly 24 hours later than planned).
Our time in Nola was jam packed with site seeing, incredible food, and LOTS of live music. Notable eats/drinks included all you can eat crawfish, alligator sausages, shrimp po-boys, billion dollar bacon, jambalaya, drive-thru daiquiris, and hand grenades.
(I don't know how to add videos to this thing yet, but for now, this link should work!!)
https://picasaweb.google.com/100286217823511764478/NolaVideos?authkey=Gv1sRgCLO06PLM4eC69QE
On Thursday, we went to a place with unlimited crawfish and 2$ beers, then to a place called Le Bon Temps Roulé to see one of Nola's best brass bands.
Our boy on the trombone.
Friday, we spent the morning walking through Tulane and Loyola campuses, then Audubon Park.
School zone..
Johnny
And we spent the rest of Friday at the jazz festival!!!!!!
Nice guitar..
Saturday morning, we took the street car (the oldest functional street car in America) into New Orleans' famous French Quarter.
And we took the ferry across the Misissippi river, just for fun :)
Then back to the jazz fest!!!
Had to zoom in pretty far to see the old guy, but it couldn't have been a better night!
After another amazing day at the jazz fest, we went out for dinner and spent our last night in New Orleans on the streets of the French Quarter.
Bourbon Street was absolutely packed after jazz fest opening weekend.. There was a new bar with different music pretty much every step we took.
We ended up at a place called Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop, a bar lit only by candles. Mike Hood the Piano Man played an old piano that doubled as a bar.. Definitely the coolest bar I've been to! (Although the Carousel Bar was pretty cool too..)
And then we stumbled back out to the streets, one or two more bars, a beignet cafe (which trumped all of Halifax's "pizza corner" on its own), and safely made it to the airport for our 5:00am flight. (With a lot of help from our friend Rebecca).
Actually this reminds me that I haven't yet mentioned how many times Rebecca helped us out/made our trip 100x better than it would have been! From sorting out our accommodations, taking us to the best restaurants and bars, and letting us hang out with her and her friends in general, she definitely made our trip!!
Thank you Rebecca!!! :D
