Down in New Orleans

Wake up call for the airport started at 3:45am this morning and Yesenia and I haven't stopped yet! We landed in New Orleans finally at 5:30pm after our layover.

We landed in New Olreans and I got teary eyed just thinking about how in the near future I would be consuming authentic sweet tea, don't judge. 

We grabbed a taxi and boy did we luck out with the driver! It was like a bonus mini tour! He gave us the history lesson of the area and showed us all the great spots to go he thought we would enjoy. For instance Louisiana doesn't have county's they have parishes most named after saints. He was from Honduroas originally so naturally I was already a fan, but he talked in both Spanish and English so I got to work on my Spanish skills which was also a bonus. 

Once we got to the hotel we freshened up and hit the ground running. We went to the water and walked through the French quarter on our way to a hot spot suggested by the concierge guaranteed to have live jazz for us to enjoy. 

Turns out you had to have tickets but we lucked out and were able to buy tickets of individuals who didn't show up and enjoy the show. So it was myself, Yesenia, and AARP memebers there to enjoy some of the best live music you can imagine performed by artists who have worked with some of the most popular recording artists in the biz today! It was so much fun! The only downfall was when I asked for sweet tea at the show they told me they didn't have any! Isn't that a southern sin? It's ok though I didn't hold it against my jazzy gents who believe me were smooth as butter and had more soul than I can even express (insert some amens and mhmmms southern baptist style here).

After the show we headed back because it had gotten dark and we are a bit on the caughteous side seeing as it's just the two of us and we are not as tough as we think we are... We are so tough that we both had our pepper spray on the ready =P. It's an interesting group of people here that's for sure. 

Once we made it to the hotel we went to its cafe where I finally got my sweet tea! Not to be a negative Nancy but I really built The stuff up, so it wasn't nearly as awesome as I was expecting, but hey I'm not complaining that's a ✔️ off my bucket list =).