27/01: Beignets and Ferries
Category: General
Posted by: The Agnew Family
The sun is shinning and the high is suppose to be 65F today --- another beautiful in New Orleans. We ticked a couple of items off our "to do" list today.
We headed straight to Cafe du Monde when we got off the street car this morning, walked right in and sat down at a table and in less than five minutes we had a cafe au lait for me, a black coffee for Ed and two orders of beignets. That's six of those hot little delicious doughnuts. The beignets were so good ... just as everyone told me they would be. It didn't hurt that while we ate there was a fellow standing outside the restaurant playing a trombone (I think). The beignets at Cafe du Monde were better than the ones we tried at Morning Call in City Park but the coffee was better at Morning Call, a little stronger. I'll add my voice to the chorus of "if you every go to New Orleans you have to go to Cafe du Monde and have the beignets".
There is a ferry that runs from the foot of Canal Street at the edge of the French Quarter to Algiers just across the Mississippi River. Until last February the ferry was free for passengers. Now it is $2 for a Pedistrian and $1 for a Senior (Ed is enjoying this perk of aging). Still a cheap way of getting on the Mississippi and getting a different view of the New Orleans sky line.
New Orleans from the ferry.
If you're lucky a freighter or a barge will go by. Actually it doesn't take a lot of luck as the river is pretty busy with boat traffic.
We walked around Algiers for about a half hour (there's not a lot to see there). This is a courthouse.
Thought this was cute.
The ferry coming back to Algiers.
Back in New Orleans we wandered around and came across a movie/show being filmed. We were hoping it was NCIS: New Orleans but it appears to be something that is set in late 1800s or early 1900s given the costumes.
New Orleans is the city of music. You can't go far without seeing or hearing music. These young fellows were pretty good.
We've heard a lot about crime and violence in New Orleans. Until this afternoon we hadn't seen any. Probably because we spend most of our time in tourist districts and are only in New Orleans during the day. The people in general are very friendly and very polite. While we were riding on the street car we witnessed a fight at a street car stop. Two older fellows either stoned or drunk or both seemed to be having issues with each other. One of the fellows was pushed against the street car right below Ed's window. The altercation ended and the street car moved away. This will enforce the "don't ride the street car after dark" rule we have heard from many people.
We headed straight to Cafe du Monde when we got off the street car this morning, walked right in and sat down at a table and in less than five minutes we had a cafe au lait for me, a black coffee for Ed and two orders of beignets. That's six of those hot little delicious doughnuts. The beignets were so good ... just as everyone told me they would be. It didn't hurt that while we ate there was a fellow standing outside the restaurant playing a trombone (I think). The beignets at Cafe du Monde were better than the ones we tried at Morning Call in City Park but the coffee was better at Morning Call, a little stronger. I'll add my voice to the chorus of "if you every go to New Orleans you have to go to Cafe du Monde and have the beignets".
There is a ferry that runs from the foot of Canal Street at the edge of the French Quarter to Algiers just across the Mississippi River. Until last February the ferry was free for passengers. Now it is $2 for a Pedistrian and $1 for a Senior (Ed is enjoying this perk of aging). Still a cheap way of getting on the Mississippi and getting a different view of the New Orleans sky line.
New Orleans from the ferry.
If you're lucky a freighter or a barge will go by. Actually it doesn't take a lot of luck as the river is pretty busy with boat traffic.
We walked around Algiers for about a half hour (there's not a lot to see there). This is a courthouse.
Thought this was cute.
The ferry coming back to Algiers.
Back in New Orleans we wandered around and came across a movie/show being filmed. We were hoping it was NCIS: New Orleans but it appears to be something that is set in late 1800s or early 1900s given the costumes.
New Orleans is the city of music. You can't go far without seeing or hearing music. These young fellows were pretty good.
We've heard a lot about crime and violence in New Orleans. Until this afternoon we hadn't seen any. Probably because we spend most of our time in tourist districts and are only in New Orleans during the day. The people in general are very friendly and very polite. While we were riding on the street car we witnessed a fight at a street car stop. Two older fellows either stoned or drunk or both seemed to be having issues with each other. One of the fellows was pushed against the street car right below Ed's window. The altercation ended and the street car moved away. This will enforce the "don't ride the street car after dark" rule we have heard from many people.