The scenery on this side of Texas is a heck of a lot prettier than the other side. It started to get very green and a little hilly. There was even flowing wysteria hanging from the trees and moss covering everything.
We arrived in New Orleans, checked into our hotel and headed over to Mulate's for some cajun food. They had a live band and Natalee and Grandpa cut a rug while we waited for our food.
This lady in the foreground and her partner were very good dancers. A little while after this picture was taken a group of teenagers took to the floor and were horsing around. She was a little ticked that non-professionals had the gall to steal her thunder on the dance floor. It was kind of funny.
This is Cajun food baby! Gumbo, red beans and rice and fried alligator. It was all so yummy!
We took the time to walk around the French Quarter a little that night. We saw a couple of street performers, some palm readers and some drunk people.
The next morning we went back to the Quarter. Here's dad in a candy shop wearing the new hat he'd bought a few minutes earlier.
Natalee loves the movie "The Princess and the Frog" which is set in New Orleans. In the movie Tiana (the princess) is a cook and she makes Gumbo in one scene and beignets (been-yeahs) in a few others. So when we were going to New Orleans Natalee really wanted to try some of both. We had the gumbo at Mulates and headed to this little (and I do mean little) cafe for the beignets. For the record, they are not scones! She was so happy to eat them and loved every bite. We were all covered with powdered sugar, but it was so worth it.
New Orleans has very unique cemeteries. The crypts are all above the ground so it's like a little creepy set of apartments. We went to St. Louis Cemetery #1, which is the oldest in the city (dating to 1789) and spent some time looking around. This is supposedly one of the most haunted places in the country and had it not been free to get in we'd have asked for our money back because we didn't see a single ghost.
This is the base of the tomb of Marie Laveau, the high preistess of Voodoo in New Orleans in the 1800's. Apparently if you make a wish and mark three X's on her tomb, she'll grant you a wish. If you get your wish, you're supposed to bring her back a present. These are some of the presents.
I love how forlorn Natalee looks here. I'm sure she's just pushing her bangs out of her face, but still, she looks like she's in mourning. You can see some of the X's on the tomb behind her. Apparently they don't want people doing that and they've put a couple of signs up.
After walking around and seeing lots of fun stuff, we wrapped up our New Orleans adventure at Landry's Fish House. Oh my goodness, it was so good! Dad sure knew the right places to eat and we were grateful for it! We geared up for the last leg of our trip; a short 6 hour drive to Dothan, Alabama.
The scenery on this side of Texas is a heck of a lot prettier than the other side. It started to get very green and a little hilly. There was even flowing wysteria hanging from the trees and moss covering everything.
We arrived in New Orleans, checked into our hotel and headed over to Mulate's for some cajun food. They had a live band and Natalee and Grandpa cut a rug while we waited for our food.
This lady in the foreground and her partner were very good dancers. A little while after this picture was taken a group of teenagers took to the floor and were horsing around. She was a little ticked that non-professionals had the gall to steal her thunder on the dance floor. It was kind of funny.
We took the time to walk around the French Quarter a little that night. We saw a couple of street performers, some palm readers and some drunk people.
The next morning we went back to the Quarter. Here's dad in a candy shop wearing the new hat he'd bought a few minutes earlier. 
This is the base of the tomb of Marie Laveau, the high preistess of Voodoo in New Orleans in the 1800's. Apparently if you make a wish and mark three X's on her tomb, she'll grant you a wish. If you get your wish, you're supposed to bring her back a present. These are some of the presents.
I love how forlorn Natalee looks here. I'm sure she's just pushing her bangs out of her face, but still, she looks like she's in mourning. You can see some of the X's on the tomb behind her. Apparently they don't want people doing that and they've put a couple of signs up.
After walking around and seeing lots of fun stuff, we wrapped up our New Orleans adventure at Landry's Fish House. Oh my goodness, it was so good! Dad sure knew the right places to eat and we were grateful for it! We geared up for the last leg of our trip; a short 6 hour drive to Dothan, Alabama.
4 comments:
I thought beignets were scones.....so what are they?
They're like scones because they are fried bread dough. However, a scone is hollow and these are solid and dense. So they are similar, but different. It's hard to explain. :)
Fried alligator? Really? That kind of creeps me out...it sounds like you had a blast though!!
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