Mi ACLU Estamos Unidos: Day 7, City 10 – New Orleans, LA
We left Houston, TX and started our trip to New Orleans, LA. I was really excited about this leg of the trip because I have never been to New Orleans and I've always wanted to go there.
On the way we stopped to get some food in Belmont, TX, but the restaurant was closed (even tho it said it was open online, ugh!). We wanted to stop in Belmont because that is the city that Grease takes place in, haha! Anyway, next door there was a shop and the girls really had fun shopping... they bought shoes, sunglasses, etc... (this is not my kind of store, LOL).
We were really sad that the restaurant that we found on Yelp was closed, because that place was apparently the best place in town for salad... and we had been eating mostly unhealthy things (= crap, lol) this whole time.
The van had a built-in TV and we had driven halfway across the US with no movies so we finally broke down and rented a few at a Redbox.
...Woo hoo we made it to Louisiana! I was really happy that I was ready for the "welcome" sign because I had missed it in a bunch of the other states...
Driving through Louisiana was so cool because most of the drive is above marshland so the highway is elevated for miles and miles...
I was so excited to see these trees growing out of the water - I have never seen anything like them ever before...
The restaurant where we ate dinner was only a few blocks from the heart of the French Quarter. The weather was really warm and balmy.
Abdi saw a cameraman and immediately went over to discover that Eric Alterman from The Nation was in town filming for Jazz Fest. Here he is explaining our tour!
I love the fencepost above - it reminds me of something from Interview with the Vampire!
We were only in New Orleans for about 2.5 hours, just long enough to eat dinner and take a few photos. I really wish we could've stayed longer, it seems like such a cool place with great culture. ...I'll definitely be going back to visit someday!
After dinner we had to pack back up and start our drive to Carthage, Mississippi, where we would be staying for the night.
On the way we stopped to get some food in Belmont, TX, but the restaurant was closed (even tho it said it was open online, ugh!). We wanted to stop in Belmont because that is the city that Grease takes place in, haha! Anyway, next door there was a shop and the girls really had fun shopping... they bought shoes, sunglasses, etc... (this is not my kind of store, LOL).
We were really sad that the restaurant that we found on Yelp was closed, because that place was apparently the best place in town for salad... and we had been eating mostly unhealthy things (= crap, lol) this whole time.
The van had a built-in TV and we had driven halfway across the US with no movies so we finally broke down and rented a few at a Redbox.
...Woo hoo we made it to Louisiana! I was really happy that I was ready for the "welcome" sign because I had missed it in a bunch of the other states...
Driving through Louisiana was so cool because most of the drive is above marshland so the highway is elevated for miles and miles...
I was so excited to see these trees growing out of the water - I have never seen anything like them ever before...
The restaurant where we ate dinner was only a few blocks from the heart of the French Quarter. The weather was really warm and balmy.
Abdi saw a cameraman and immediately went over to discover that Eric Alterman from The Nation was in town filming for Jazz Fest. Here he is explaining our tour!
I love the fencepost above - it reminds me of something from Interview with the Vampire!
We were only in New Orleans for about 2.5 hours, just long enough to eat dinner and take a few photos. I really wish we could've stayed longer, it seems like such a cool place with great culture. ...I'll definitely be going back to visit someday!
After dinner we had to pack back up and start our drive to Carthage, Mississippi, where we would be staying for the night.Recommended Posts
