Nawlins!

So this weekend our trip was to the city of New Orleans for  a wedding of Matt's co-worker.  We had to fly into Mobile, AL because the flights to New Orleans were booked solid.  From there we rented a car and drove 2 hours to our hotel.  We flew with two other couples that also work with Matt.  We didn't get there until around midnight or so on Friday night.  Matt and I were exhausted so we went straight to bed.  The next morning we were eager to see the city.  We knew first we had to get some of the legendary beignets for breakfast from Cafe du Monde.

For lunch we tried Po Boys, another famous New Orleans food.  (I'm still not quite sure what the difference is between a Po Boy and a sub sandwich)  Matt got the original-roast beef-and loved it.

Here are some of the other things we saw as we walked around:
Voodoo shops-some were more touristy than others.

We stumbled upon this one that was really creepy.  Neither of us really wanted to go in.

Love that New Orleans architecture

Street music

New Orleans is known for it's food... Road kill anyone?

Or how about adding alligator to your food storage rotation?

We toured one of the near-by cemeteries. People are buried in tombs due to the high water table.  This is supposedly the tomb of the Voodoo Queen.  People trying to learn voodoo go there and practice rituals-hence the x's drawn on the side.

We took the river walk back to our hotel-great views of the Mississippi

Saturday night was the big wedding, and in New Orleans, they do it right.  After the ceremony came the food, music, and dancing.  Congrats to Lauren and Matt.

The next day we had to fly back.  In the morning Matt and I set out for a nice walk.  We didn't make it very far before getting caught in a downpour.  We managed to make it back before we got too wet! Luckily we escaped the rain on our road-trip back to the airport. We took the scenic route-the highway along the coast.  It was beautiful and sunny.  We stopped for lunch at a little place on the beach. We also took a little break to go put our toes in the water just to say we had been in the gulf.

We got back around 8:00 Sunday night.  Just in time to get baking Matt's traditional birthday cake for  his birthday on Monday.  Happy Birthday, Matt! :)