July 7 2010 - Yummy!!!!!

Good morrning everyone,

After sleeping in this morning I checked out, stored my bags at reception and took the street car to go eat the beignets I had heard so much and dreamed about :)


street car on canal street

I got off at the last stop, which is the river front. I walked along the Mississippi river, found the Hard Rock Cafe, got my T-Shirt and walked on to the Café du monde.



It's really famous, everybody knows it. Luckily I found an empty table in the more than busy place. All they serve here is beignets and different kinds of coffee and hot chocolate. Here's their menu:



I decided to go for the classics. Beignets and Café au Lait



It was heavenly good!!!!

After that, I kept walking and discovering the beautiful buildings in this city and the countless cafes. In everone a (usually) Jazz band is playing and some people are even dancing on the street. It really feels like the whole city is a big party, I can't even imagine what it looks like on Mardi Gras! Anyway, here some pics:


The French Market


They sell these masks everywhere. If I got it right they have something to do with mardis gras.


Jackson Square





Now tell me these houses are not gorgeous!

And then probably the most famous Street of the city:



That's what it actually looks like



Doesn't look awesome hmm. It's full of bars and strip clubs :) I bet you can have fun here at night. I mean New Orleans is famous for it right? Unfortunately I really was to tired to experience it yesterday and I'm leaving already again tonight. But hey, that gives me a reason to come back right :)

Here's the second well-known street



Canal Street. Apparently this is the widest street there is. All others that are so side are usually called Avenues. Canal Street has lanes for cars in both directions and as you can see to lanes for the street cars in the middle.

Later I went back to the hostel to get my stuff and go to the greyhound and take the bus to Charlotte. I'm not really looking forweard to this city. I read that it is just a business city and there's not rally a lot to do there. So I already looked up the closest Starbucks and I guess that's where I'll spend my hours and hours of layover! That's it for now

xoxo