Wednesday, February 20, 2013

New Orleans Is a Great Walking City. Just Watch Where You Walk!


During my recent 4 days in New Orleans, I must have walked 30 miles.  This is, I think a fair estimate.  There are so many interesting things to see and you stumble upon things around nearly every corner.  Like this place, for example:


 Cajun Mike's Pub & Grubb.  An absolute "hole in the wall" dive bar with some truly unique and really tasty sandwiches.  I had the Cochon de Lais Po' Boy with roast pork, pickles, fries and a brown sauce, all on french bread.  This ain't diet food, but I'm on vacation dammit.

Walking here, or biking as we did one day requires some local advice.  New Orleans has some neighborhoods which are tourist-friendly, and many that are decidedly not.  When we rented bicycles this past Sunday, the manager of the bike shop pulled out a map of the city and started drawing big red "X's" across entire neighborhoods.    "If you want to go to Audubon Park, stay between St. Charles and Magazine St.   If you are going to City Park, stay on Esplanade.  Don't go here, here, here, here, here or here." he continued as he marked.  We took his advice and had a great time.

Below are some pictures, mostly from the French Quarter.









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