New Orleans Part 2

One night in New Orleans we ate at this restaurant...

We could hear the music filling the streets.

It was so neat to walk outside and see this group of talented guys playing...

They were awesome and definitely the best performers we saw.

Some nice man offered to take a picture of the three of us enjoying Bourbon Street.

I thought this hotel was beautiful.  We did not stay here, but I am going to do a full post about our last hotel (and our last freebie from our miles).

Here is the restaurant we ate at three times because we loved the setting...

Tosh ventured out after dark and got to see the nightlife in action...

We got to enjoy the hotel pool...

It rained at least once a day while we were there.

One day we ate at Cafe Beignet...

and it started pouring on us...

but we stuck it out and ate these...

It was a must do while in New Orleans to eat a beignet.  The powdered sugar will take your breath away.  We dumped some off of Finns (and then wore him out with walking).

A friend suggested we eat at Acme Oyster House. It happened to be steps from the hotel.   We went there and tried the chargrilled oysters...

I was so hesitant to try these when we ordered them, but when they came out I changed my mind.  They were DELICIOUS!

I was so proud that Tosh got this picture of me and Finn. Finn never looks at the camera.

We only ventured out of the French Quarter one time to take Finn to the children's museum (which I will discuss in a different post) but we absolutely loved New Orleans.

It is dirty, seedy, and oh so wonderful.  We never felt unsafe.  The streets, hands down, were the dirtiest I have ever seen. Tosh says that Rome is dirtier.  Dirty and all it was filled with such culture, energy, and history. The food was the finest we ate on our journey.  The people of Louisiana are without a doubt the nicest people across any of the states we traveled.

I would say anyone who loves to travel that hasn't been to New Orleans, needs to add it to your list.