The Big Easy

I finished my much-dreaded Chemistry class on June 26th. WOOHOO! I am 3 classes away from my Bachelor's of Science in Business with an Area in Accounting. WOOHOO! (Just wanted to reiterate that.) We also celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary on June 30th (see separate blog). Given the reasons, we planned a weekend getaway to New Orleans.

I have been trying to visit New Orleans for a couple years now and was very excited to finally do it! I was not at all disappointed, either!!! We love to travel and take road trips, and this is-by far-one of our favorites. By mid-Saturday, we were trying to figure out when we were going to come back to New Orleans. We HIGHLY recommend checking out the Big Easy.

The drive down was wonderful. Traffic was clear. We checked into our hotel that we got a ridiculous deal on at 10:30. By the time we got showers and got to Bourbon St, it was 11:30. Bourbon was AWESOME! We just went from bar to bar enjoying the music. I LOVE music and that was just the PERFECT night for me. We got back to the hotel at about 3:30, so we didn't exactly get an early start on Saturday morning.

We headed out to the French Quarter. Just a little off of Bourbon, we found Oceana, a neat restaurant with a good air conditioner. We both had shrimp po' boys....MMMMM! I usually don't like fried shrimp because you just taste the grease and breading, but these were wonderful. I guess the shrimp were just so fresh that you couldn't miss the great taste. After walking around the French Quarter and Riverwalk for a while, we went back to the hotel to cool off a bit before supper.

I am SOOOO glad I thought to ask Ann for suggestions on a restaurant! We wanted good, fresh seafood. Not French food with a bunch of stuff in it, just shrimp and crabs. She suggested Kenner Seafood and we tried it. YUM! We ordered "from the Boiling Pot." The shrimp was AWESOME. We got recommendations on another restaurant to try the next time we go down. We were planning on going down to Bourbon again, but we were tired so we stayed in.

We got up Sunday morning and went through St. Louis' Cemetery 1. We then made our way to Cafe Du Mond for beignets. OH----MY----WORD! Yum, yum, yum!! We checked out the flea market and got a few souvenirs before heading out. We went back to Oceana's for lunch before heading out. I got another po'boy and Cody got "A Taste of New Orleans." It had Crawfish Etouffee, Jambalya, and Red Beans & Rice with a little alligator sausage. I tasted all but the sausage, and it was all wonderful.

After lunch, we headed home. I slept for a good portion while Cody drove, but the traffic was still smooth. We had a WONDERFUL trip and canNOT wait to go back! I HIGHLY recommend everyone experience the Big Easy.