Jazzin' in New Orleans

Last night we arrived in New Orleans, being nearly 2 days behind the schedule. In the end, I am happy we stayed in Tyler for an extra day as it enabled us to have our very first visit to a baby ward. Yes, my friend Farrah had a baby while I was in Tyler!Hence we had to expand our stay by a day so I could go see the cutie pie. And oh boy it was worth it!

On Saturday Tony also got to see his very first live football game when the town where my Texas family is from (Hughes Springs) played one of their play-off games in Longview. Personally i wasn't too fascinated by it, as I spent an entire year going to football games every single Friday. But Saturday night was priceless as I got to reunite with the rest of the family I haven't seen for over 5 years. And since the crowd mostly consisted of small town locals Tony finally got to see some real-life rednecks too!

Tony's cultural experience exceeded his expectations

Farrah's adorable little burrito!

After our hospital visit we really needed to hit the road in order to make it to New Orleans at some point in this life time. Our drive was rather exciting as we were literally in the heart of a crazy-ass storm pretty much the entire 6h on the road. Later it turned out that it was a start of tornado that hit some of Louisiana soon after. That night we spent in a motel in Baton Rouge, which by the way, being a state capital is so unexciting! (even pretty rough to say the least)

The Exxon power plant, one of Baton Rouge's famous tourist attractions :)

So we finally made it to New Orleans last night. We were lucky to have someone accommodate us while we are here, and the fact that he lives in the heart of the French Quarter is definitely a bonus. So last night we enjoyed a stroll in the neighbourhood, getting a taste of some of the delicious Louisiana cuisine, which we had no real expectations of. We discovered a popular restaurant on Decatur, which offered us an excellent taste platter of the most famous local dishes (and even some much-missed Europe-style cider!). As a dessert, we enjoyed some awesome rhythmic live blues in a music bar couple blocks away from the house.

 Tony trying out some gumbo, rabbit jambalaya, cajun chicken and red beans 

Old folks busting some awesome tunes!

Louisiana restaurant on Decatur: http://www.coopsplace.net/