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| New Orleans' speciality - boiled crawfish |
In New Orleans, a lot of the shops and restaurants offer lagniappe - "a
little something extra", often free. For example, in restaurants, this
means you rarely pay for refills of softdrinks.
Today is our final day in New Orleans and we spent it riding the street car
around the city. This is possibly the best $3 you will spend in NO - this gives
you a ticket to ride for the entire day on these historic circa 1900 street
cars. We chose the St Charles Street route, which takes you past some of the
most historic (and wealthy) homes in New Orleans' garden district.
We couldn’t leave town without trying two further delicacies: Firstly, the
boiled crawfish (a bit like our redclaw). These are boiled in the most
delicious spices and are sweet and tasty - the plate above cost $10 at cafe in
the French Quarter. And tonight for our last dinner, we gave 'gator a go -
blackened and served with black pepper jelly - delicious (albeit a little
chewier than chicken).
Tomorrow we pick up our hire car for the road trip
through the rest of the South - if you don't hear from us again it is possible
we have become a hood ornament on one of the giant 4WDs they drive over here.
If not, then I will be in touch when we get to Vicksburg - one of the most
historic sites in the Civil War. Enjoy the rest of the photos below.
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| Daren made short work of the delicious crawfish |
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| Logan and I riding the street car in NO |
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| One of the southern mansions in Charles St |
Hi lovely people, easy to see you are having a great time over there. Daren, Mel had to buy you bigger shirts because of the food, not the heat! Boy you will have to hit that gym hard! Good on you that is what a holiday is all about. Your sugar plantation info was great Mel. I never had me a mansion like that when I was sugar farming! We are so sick of the rain over here and would love to see some sunshine. Take care on those roads and love to you all till next time. Sue and Mike and Jules.
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