Going to New Orleans!

[Bu🤠ns]

That looks like an awesome time, Burns. Also for some reason I found the pigeon wayyy more funny than was probably warranted, which may be because it's late and I've had a few glasses of wine. 

Pigeons are always funnier after you've had a few too many.  Otherwise they just shit on your clothes.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

That looks like an awesome time, Burns. Also for some reason I found the pigeon wayyy more funny than was probably warranted, which may be because it's late and I've had a few glasses of wine. 

Pigeons are always funnier after you've had a few too many.  Otherwise they just shit on your clothes.

[LMNO]

Glad to see you're having a great time!

[Bu🤠ns]

Glad to see you're having a great time!

Thanks!

It's kind of funny because my wife, having visited there before, was already familiar with the town to a degree (mostly toward the Esplanade street side). Thanks to your recommendations it turned out that I was able to show HER a good time rather than the other way around as she originally suspected.  It was very much appreciated.

[Bu🤠ns]

The last day in NOLA was pretty short.  We went on the voodoo tour which was really cool to hear the history and a more favorable side of the religion. My wife, having been raised Catholic was mostly curious about the relationship between Voodoo and Catholicism. 

We got to hear a bit about the history of Marie Laveau and we visited her tomb.  The guide then had us knock three times and make three wishes "in sincerity". 

Interestingly, the tour guide is both a full-on Catholic as well as a Voodoo priestess.  She is also quite fabulous and knowledgeable. 

The place had a slight bit more credibility than other places in the city but there was, of course, still that element of tourism--but what can you do?  I could go on about this but there isn't too much else to tell aside from the new orleans history which is a bit out of scope for this thread.

Instead, I'll leave you with pictures:







Later on we stopped by Felix's for the rest of the food we missed...Effoute, red beans and rice, jambalaya, fried gator. 

And, by this point, we were so beat we ended up just hanging out in the hotel room watching silly animal videos on youtube :P.

It was about time to come home and we were certainly feeling it. I'm barely able to plow through this post I'm so tired, but i need closure.  I might end up rewriting it into one long blog post at some point soon...but not before getting a shit load of sleep.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Love the pictures! Sounds like you guys had a total blast. Rest up!

[LMNO]

If you're exhausted after a vsit to NOLA, you're doing it right.

[Bu🤠ns]

Seriously.  I think we've probably walked a total of AT LEAST 20 miles--and I think I'm probably under shooting that.

[UB]

Seriously.  I think we've probably walked a total of AT LEAST 20 miles--and I think I'm probably under shooting that.

Ahhh, but did you dangle from any balconies? Haha... Granted at that particular hotel, it may not be much of a drop, but a drop it would be!

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Seriously.  I think we've probably walked a total of AT LEAST 20 miles--and I think I'm probably under shooting that.

That's awesome... walking is one of my favorite things. I think that humans are meant to cover a lot of ground on our feet every day, and we're happiest and healthiest when we walk a lot.

[LMNO]

I think  you might have something there.  PTown is a walking town, the kind of place where you can get all your Steps(tm) in before noon.  And I feel fantastic.  Sure, maybe because the place is beautiful, I'm on vacation, and surrounded by FABULOUS, but at the same time I'm pouring vodka down my throat like my mouth was a funnel, and not feeling any of the usual side effects.

Maybe this isn't the best anecdotal evidence...

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I think  you might have something there.  PTown is a walking town, the kind of place where you can get all your Steps(tm) in before noon.  And I feel fantastic.  Sure, maybe because the place is beautiful, I'm on vacation, and surrounded by FABULOUS, but at the same time I'm pouring vodka down my throat like my mouth was a funnel, and not feeling any of the usual side effects.

Maybe this isn't the best anecdotal evidence...

My favorite is drinking and walking, because if you walk enough and pace your drinking, you can drink all you want and never get fat or hung over.