We headed off bright and early to the French Quarter and Cafe Du Monde for breakfast. Just can't go to New Orleans and pass this one by. There's just one thing on the menu and a couple of choices of beverages to go with it. So if you aren't in the mood for beignets piled high with powdered sugar, best skip this stop. I loved every bite!
Cafe Du Monde is across the street from St Louis Cathedral and Jackson Square. Jackson Square is a very pretty fenced square surrounded by a pedestrian sidewalk. On the weekends, the square is filled with vendors and street performers of all kinds. Kind of fun to see everyone hawking their wares. Lots of fortune tellers and tarot card readers. You never have to wander too far to find some musicians. We saw magicians, knife jugglers, a guy who painted himself and his clothes bronze and pretended to be a statue, and kids tap dancing all over the place. Turns out they cut the bottoms off soda cans, flatten them and nail them to whatever shoes they have on and those are the taps.
Anyway, St. Louis Cathedral is quite beautiful, inside and out.
Let's see, for the rest of the day we went museum hopping. We stopped in first at the Insectorium and learned all about bugs and their relatives. The boys would have had a blast. Then it was on to lunch at Cafe Maspero for some fabulous po boys. And finally we spent the afternoon at the WWII museum - another very cool place.
We made dinner reservations at K Paul for the evening and then ended up cruising down Bourbon street for a late night drink at Lafitte's. Lafitte's is the oldest bar in the U.S. and is lit only by candle light. Bourbon Street is, simply put, an experience. Crazy, and smelly, and pedestrian only at night. You name it, you have only to wait a few minutes or walk a few blocks and you'll see it on Bourbon Street. Here's a picture of Lafitte's to end this post.
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