Beignets and Hurricanes

We made it to the ferry by 9:30 this morning to start our day in the French Quarter. We covered ¾ of it by foot before we headed home at 7:00 PM.  I’m not sure how far we actually walked but it was significant. Our first stop was Café Du Monde for Beignets and chicory coffee; you cannot visit New Orleans without a stop at Café Du Monde.

Getting on the ferry for the trip across the Mississippi

Looking at one of the ferries that make the crossing daily 

A look at downtown New Orleans

getting ready to dock

This place only serves Beignets and they are opened 24hrs a day

We spent the morning walking the streets of the French Quarter and admiring the unique architecture of the local buildings and homes that line the narrow streets. We stopped for lunch at a small café, bourbon heat, and enjoyed our meal in their wonderful outdoor courtyard. We followed up lunch with some more walking and enjoying many of the street bands that were playing along the way. 

The French Quarter is made up of narrow one way streets 

Most building in the quarter have balconies

Streets are very narrow

One of many street bands

 Another band

This guy brought his lunch along to listen to his favorite street band

There were a lot of halloween decorations

maybe a duplex

and another

very old and small home

corner bar

We finally made our way to another New Orleans land mark, Pat O’Brien’s (home of the Hurricane) and stopped for an afternoon libation. I’m amazed at the number of people that visit this place each and every day.

We managed to get ourselves back to the dock to catch our ferry which took us back across the Mississippi.