anne: We took off about 3 hours late, needing our beauty rest : ) and then headed down lavendar road and on on journey to our first destination, new orleans! the honda is packed but jon built us a shelf to stack most of our stuff so we could still sleep underneath it when the moment arises! we made it to our first friendly host, doug morrison and his girlfriend jamie : ) who have an awesome little apartment right near the trolley line! rudee was so happy to have little "king kong" to hump. she's just so excited to be included on the trip!
we went out the first night for these wonderful po boys but i can't remember the name of the restaurant...all i recall is jon slobbering all over his po boy and slurping his beer, saying it was the best sandwich he'd ever had. the next morning we started the day with bignets and cafe o laits (gotta check that sp) at cafe du monde, bloody mary's at molly's, red beans and rice with abita pecan harvest and jackamo beers at coop's, and another expensive but should've really been cheap beer somewhere near bourbon street. we mainly decided to view the nawlins behind beer goggles and oggles. we met characters and enjoyed the warm, windy weather in december.
we loved getting on the trolly from doug's house, and jon asked the driver 100 questions on the way into town. today our ride was free b/c the machine was broken! so we used our money saved to tip the musicians at cafe du monde. here are a few pix from today:
jon: Today we woke up at our friend Doug Morrison house in New Orleans. Doug and his girlfriend Jamie were wonderful hosts showing us to some of the tastiest Philly Cheese Steaks I have ever had last night!
Today Anne and myself woke casually, made coffee and played on our computers for a while.
Then we rode the trolley into town. New Orleans has the oldest operating trolley system in the world! The cars we rode on were 86 to 87 years old! They don't even have windshield due to historic preservation reasons? Local people living here 86 years ago must have felt there city has cutting edge and a real city of the future!
We wondered down Decatur Street and poked our heads into a few shops finally making it to our destination Cafe de Mond where we enjoyed street musicians playing some street jazz, coffee, and some delicous donuts called Beignets. Beignets are to die for!!!!
After a few bloody mary's and some interesting conversations with the locals we were roaming the streets. Eventually we settled in at Coops for some rice and beans with sausauge. Sooooooo Good!
Later we caught the train back to chill at Dougs pad.
Can't wait for tomorrow!
Today Anne and myself woke casually, made coffee and played on our computers for a while.
Then we rode the trolley into town. New Orleans has the oldest operating trolley system in the world! The cars we rode on were 86 to 87 years old! They don't even have windshield due to historic preservation reasons? Local people living here 86 years ago must have felt there city has cutting edge and a real city of the future!
We wondered down Decatur Street and poked our heads into a few shops finally making it to our destination Cafe de Mond where we enjoyed street musicians playing some street jazz, coffee, and some delicous donuts called Beignets. Beignets are to die for!!!!
After a few bloody mary's and some interesting conversations with the locals we were roaming the streets. Eventually we settled in at Coops for some rice and beans with sausauge. Sooooooo Good!
Later we caught the train back to chill at Dougs pad.
Can't wait for tomorrow!
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