Visit to French Quarter

Our friends wanted to visit us here in Mississippi so, they were able to booked themselves in HARDROCK BILOXI for a really unbelievable price. Hardrock Hotel and Casino is one of my favorite hotels here in Biloxi, Mississippi. Anyway, three of our friends came and after seeing our place, we decided to show them French Quarter in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is just less than two hours drive from Biloxi. I have been to French Quarter many times and I always have the excitement in every visit that we have.

French Quarter is known to be the oldest and famous place in New Orleans. You can obviously see the structural buildings are old and all these historic buildings are protected by law and cannot be demolished . The whole place is considered as a National Historic Landmark.Wherever you roam around French Quarter, street shows like this one is everywhere. Just prepare your dollar bills though because everytime, street performers will really asked you to donate.
If you wanted to have your picture taken with a mime, make sure you give a donation too. Even when someone on the street holding a cute sign, and you wanted to have your picture taken with it, donation is really a thing in French Quarter. To be safe, prepare plenty of your dollar bills.

A welcome sign going to French Market. Make sure that your car is park in a safe place. Do not leave any valuable things which is visible. Visit this place and Have fun!

French Quarter and Bourbon Street

I was having a grand time with my visit somewhere in Alabama last week. We do not stay for the whole day but, we just drive around the beach and eat. Anyway, for the rest of the week, here are the pictures taken at New Orleans, Louisiana specifically the French Quarter. The place is enchanting so; I will definitely go back again and again.Here is the market cafe', we have our dinner here. The food is good but Melissa said Crawfish Pie is really great. I did not took a bite but, if you run to this place, order that. Thanks to the waitress who suggested the food to her. This place is adjascent to the monument of Joan of Arc.
Here we are crossing the street towards French Quarter.
One of the street shows which is common in French Quarter. If you are sitted as an audience, you will see the Catholic Church at the front. See the huge green mascot at the left? Beside the guy who wore pink? He kept waving at me to come near him. I did not! I wanted to take a picture with him but, in French Quarter? There are crazy activities going on. There is a possibility that he will ask a donation once I took the picture. That happened to our companion LOL!

Signage for French Market, truly historic.

Short Vacation at New Orleans

We are supposed to be in Destin and Panama City, Florida today but, we put it on hold because of the incident happened last Friday night.
It was Tuesday when three of our friends from Orlando visited Mississippi and came to see us. They stayed at Hard Rock and the whole time, we were with them. We showed them the city of Ocean Springs and Biloxi. We let them try crabbing and we went fishing Thursday afternoon. During lunchtime, we had a good time having a picnic at Fort Maurepas. At night time, we went for a casino hopping. We even went to the farthest casinos Island View and Treasure Bay. By Friday, we went to New Orleans, Louisiana because everyone wanted to visit the French Quarter and dine in Cafe du Monde. We stop by at Pat O'Briens bar and have a little drink. We then went to Market Cafe and have our dinner. They went shopping but, my husband and I wanted to play at Harrah's Casino so; we decided to met them there.
Actually, it was only hubby who played the slot machines while I stayed in Starbucks. We were so exhausted when we travel home and planned to drop by at Beau Rivage Casino.

Phone rang and it was my sis in law informing us that FIL had a bad fall on a ditch. She brought him to emergency room (hospital is just 5 minutes away) and he was doing okay when we arrived home

We left our friends in Hard Rock that night with full of memories. We will be going to Destin this week but no over night stay.

Bourbon Street at French Quarter

This is the famous Bourbon Sign at Bourbon Street in the New Orleans, Louisiana. This street runs the length of French Quarter, the famous neighborhood in New Orleans and was originally the center of the city in 1718. These pictures were taken last year when we visited Cafe' du Monde in NewOrleans. Check this out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bourbon_Street

Here is another page to visit to know more about the history of this place. There are so many tourists who roam around the French Quarter. There were locals who blend in the crowd. Expect anything unexpected once you are in this place. I saw people dressed up in weird costumes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Quarter

Little shop in one of the corners of Bourbon Street. We were tired boutique hopping and by this time, we are looking for a fine dining restaurant in the area. That is our cousin across the street, observing.

We have a souvenir photo here. Honestly, this place looks like the Divisoria in Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines. Anyway, its already four 0'clock at this time so, the tourists went back to their hotels. It is not good to be here after sunset, so they say.

If you visit this place, be attentive with your personal belongings. When you park your car, make sure it is in the right parking lot with guards. It is better to pay for the parking area and be secured than, park for free. I advise you not to park your car anywhere. Please, bring your valuables and never leave anything that might trigger interest for bad elements.

See this guy? The "Death" personality is common here...LOL. In the other corner, I saw the Drunken Master sleeping on the road hehehe. The place is nice and I would definitely go back for a visit.

New Orleans: French Quarter

This is the famous French Quarter in New Orleans. A tourist destination because of the Bourbon Street, Cafe' du Monde and this historical church on which was visited by Pope John Paul ll.Me and hubby....we thought we won't fit in the camera...LOL!

French Quarter in New Orleans

The oldest and most famous part of New Orleans is the French Quarter. This is the place where Geraldo Rivera took his live reporting on Storm Gustav for Fox News Channel. He had the clever idea of choosing this place as the safest place to take refuge if Gustav becomes worst. He is right indeed! After all, French Quarter existed since 1718 and it stood strong as time passes.

Beignets in Cafe' du Monde in French Quarter

I always love watching Lifestyle Network when I was in the Philippines because of the cooking show. Cafe' du Monde in New Orleans was featured in one of the show. I was intrigued by the food they call Beignets and made a wish that i will gonna go there and eat. I was able to convinced my husband to go to New Orleans and see Cafe'du Monde in French Quarter and eat beignets. When I saw this food...it reminded me of the siakoy which my neighbor sells every merienda time...hehehe. It is just an ordinary snack for ordinary Filipino. Though siakoy is presented in a twisted shape like beignets the inside is soft and served with sprinkled sugar at the top. What an experienced! Hehehe! They should come to the Philippines too and try our Siakoy.