New Orleans

We managed to forget about holidays while on the road and got to Nola on the Thursday before Mardi Gras, needless to say we had a good time. We only spent two nights in New Orleans but we managed to pack plenty of things in. Our first night we met our good friend and one of Alexa's bridesmaids Margaret for dinner and drinks at  Balise, think traditional European cuisine with a New Orleans twist, and ended up catching a parade as we walked to our second bar for the night to meet a few of Margarets friends at, Barrel Proof, a great wisky bar. We finished off our first night at a service industry hang called Bar Tonique, if you go you should order a Caipirinha, it's one of Brazils national drinks and they do an excellent version of it at Tonique . 

We were enjoying being in a hotel for the two nights we were in Nola so we ended up sleeping in pretty late on our second day, but went for lunch at Parkway, home of some of the best Po'boys in New Orleans. They have a pretty decent wait time, but once you order at the window your food is ready in less than five minutes. They also have a pretty large patio that is dog friendly so Pavlov and Sasha got plenty of scraps. From lunch we headed down to the French Quarter to do some sightseeing. It was Alexa's first trip to new orleans and she loved all of the architecture and we had a great time just driving around town and looking at the houses and buildings. We met Margaret for drinks again on our last night at Tonique and had a great time. 

We really didn't take as many pictures as we should have in Nola, but we were just so busy having a good time and enjoying the company of our good friends, but here is a (blurry) picture of the parade we stopped by:

 I plan on doing a separate photo update with the ones we did get. The next morning we were off to Austin where we stayed for five days. Pictures and stories from Austin coming soon!