lafayette louisiana and new orleans
how many days would you stay at each location
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When in the Lafayette area check out Whiskey Landing south of Breaux Bridge. Local place. Great Cajun music and dancing. Only open Sunday afternoons.
Isaac-1 gave good advice. Run south of Lafayette to the smaller towns for great Cajun food. Knowing a bit of Cajun French language can be fun. Go into the small local restaurants and businesses where the real Cajuns go and you'll hear the Cajun French still being spoken by some. We have never met an unfriendly Cajun. Isaac-1 is correct about the Creole and Cajun food. If you want real Creole food go outside the French Quarter. Locals can direct you to places where you can get authentic real Creole food.
On Bourbon St in the summer you're going to get the smells that mockturtle described. Rest of the year not so much or at all.
If you go to NOLA and only go to Bourbon St then you've missed NOLA. The other streets in the French Quarter have some very interesting shops and none of the rowdiness of the few blocks on Bourbon. The street performers are generally great entertainment. Grab a muffaletta, sit at Jackson Square and watch the people.
Frenchman St is just on the edge of the French Quarter. Smaller bars and restaurants. Not the crowds and all the such as on Bourbon. Some excellent performers in a lot of the places and few have a cover charge and cheaper drinks.
When done in the French Quarter explore rest of NOLA. Take a drive, or the trolley, into the Garden District. Some beautiful old homes.
Isaac-1 gave good advice. Run south of Lafayette to the smaller towns for great Cajun food. Knowing a bit of Cajun French language can be fun. Go into the small local restaurants and businesses where the real Cajuns go and you'll hear the Cajun French still being spoken by some. We have never met an unfriendly Cajun. Isaac-1 is correct about the Creole and Cajun food. If you want real Creole food go outside the French Quarter. Locals can direct you to places where you can get authentic real Creole food.
On Bourbon St in the summer you're going to get the smells that mockturtle described. Rest of the year not so much or at all.
If you go to NOLA and only go to Bourbon St then you've missed NOLA. The other streets in the French Quarter have some very interesting shops and none of the rowdiness of the few blocks on Bourbon. The street performers are generally great entertainment. Grab a muffaletta, sit at Jackson Square and watch the people.
Frenchman St is just on the edge of the French Quarter. Smaller bars and restaurants. Not the crowds and all the such as on Bourbon. Some excellent performers in a lot of the places and few have a cover charge and cheaper drinks.
When done in the French Quarter explore rest of NOLA. Take a drive, or the trolley, into the Garden District. Some beautiful old homes.
