Saturday, May 16, 2009
Sat. May 16
Today was a fun day. We took the ferry over to the French Quarter with our bikes. We met an ecentric young man who gave us lots of tips for things to do. (you will see the picture George took of me with him). First stop was Cafe du Monde for beignets but the line was so long that we said no way. But we did find a cafe called Cafe Beignet that you could actually sit down to eat them. They are wonderful pastries dusted with powdered sugar. We rode all the streets and saw lots of beautiful wrought iron balconies. That is a big thing here. Everyone said it is so dirty but I didn't find that to be true. We ate lunch at the French Market Cafe and had Po boys and listened to Jazz while we ate. But the big event of the day was our free jazz concert in, of all places, the National Park Service building. It was great! I think that we are now jazz enthusiasts. How about that! After that we took our bikes and rode around until we caught our ferry. I hope you are all enjoying our trip and pictures with us. Love you all
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Yuumy!!!! I LOVE CAFE DU MONDE!! The secret to getting in is to go late at night. One night a group of us went to Cafe du Monde in the wee hours of the morning. We all ordered coffee and beignets. Then one of the guys in our group who has a wonderful baratone voice started to sing "He's Got The Whole World In His Hands". The entire kitchen crew came out and sang it with us. Waving their bibles. (When I was there both times it was Mardi Gras. And it was DIRTY!!! Lots of drunks and naked people. Those beautiful balconys that you see- the naked people were on them doing unmentional things while the people on the ground threw beaded necklaces at them! I was shocked:)
ReplyDeleteHi guys! Sound very interesting. It's funny, when you said French Quarter, I'm thinking "what's the french quarter?" money? peice of land? Todd let me in on the whole thing. What's next?
ReplyDeleteHey, sounds like your having a great time! We enjoy seeing and hearing of your travels. Keeps us informed of your whereabouts. We're ready for some beignets! Safe traveling! Rob and Florence
ReplyDeleteSo do we now have to country line dance to JAZZ??
ReplyDeleteBet you can do the Cowboy Boogie to ANYTHING!
Eddy and Bob
Hi, sorry I am late in getting back to you both. Harry and I loved New Orleans, and you should have waited to eat the beignets at an outside table at the Cafe Du Monde - there's nothing like a having a big breeze come in off the river and blow the powdered sugar all over your face and clothes.... what a treat. We also loved the street entertainers and the music and of course the Po Boys and all the food. So glad you had a chance to see it.
ReplyDeleteLove, Charlotte