French Market New Orleans

Woke up at 11 am to a little knock on the door, we'd slept in late! Kathrin wanted to know what we were doing so we got up and dressed and went with her, Emma and Freddy to the "world famous" Clover Grill. Turns out Emma, Robert and Kathrin had been there a few hours earlier on their way home to bed at 6am….

After brunch we walked …

Départ pour la Nouvelle-Orléans, rise and shine, on doit partir vers 8h00 pour pouvoir attraper le ferry de Fort Morgan, au bout de la baie de Mobile (on évite la ville). On a décidé de prendre la côte au lieu de l'autoroute, donc ça demande ce traversier. Après une couple d’heures, on arrête prendre un break dans le coin de Gulf Shores (à …

The day started with a walk through the Garden District. Then a culinary tour by bike across some of the lesser known foodie places in Nola. Then a walk through the colorful French Market & a trip to Cafe Du Monde having a traditional cafe o lait (coffee w chicory) & a serve of beignets (Nola donut) wow …

... of party central now. Down one side street towards the river I see a church. I march off in that direction. I arrive at the French Market. Street vendors fill the square. Musicians and artists doing their stuff. I walk to the riverbank and check out the ...

... in the outlying areas.   I head back towards the French Quarter and La Place du Marché Français...the French Market. Beneath a newly constructed roof, numerous merchants have set up their wares in the Flea Market section. There I wander ...

... your booze with you from bar to bar, or buy over-sized plastic glasses from street vendors, or even from the daytime French market! They have your tipple of choice ranging from beers to mojitos to frozen daiquiris but ironically, the most popular ...

... . The narrow streets were delightfully free of chain stores and we enjoyed the individual shops selling artisan goods around the French Market and colourful homes that reminded us of Burano near Venice. Though gator-on-a-stick for lunch was tempting, we ...

... at night, so it is a car’s nightmare. The shops consist of either voodoo souvenir shops, restaurants with specific French New Orleans menus and bars. Bourbon street is full of bars and strip clubs, which really comes to life in the evenings. It ...

... Jambalaya Pizza Michael ordered.  Very bayou, he thought.  And it was. From there we kept walking a short while through the French Market before we got very cold and went back to the inn. Things we noticed along our way: New Orleans is made ...

... get out and see the French District. We’d driven down Decatur to get to the hotel so walked back along that to the French Market. There was a Mask Market advertised for another two days and we wanted to catch that before the forecast thunder storms ...

Was up and out of the Hostel at 9.00am, walked 2 miles into town of New Orleans for a little site seeing I walk around the French Quarter and up to Armstrong Park (named after Lou Armstrong). Then Down to the French Market and was starting to see some of ...

... too.  I felt relaxed immediately but Rob seemed to take a bit longer to get into it.  We walked through the French market which was interesting, there was a guy there who was making some really funky jewellry & pictures in reallt bright ...

... (we heard everything from Japanese to Swahili, as best we could guess). Finally, we stopped for late lunch in the French Market Restaurant and Bar, open and operating since 1803. We ordered yet another dozen oysters on the half shell, some gumbo and a ...