This morning we ate breakfast at the hotel and then finished packing. We decided that we wanted to go back to our favorite place, which was the French Market. We shopped there and bought candy. I love all the pralines here! They are my favorite candy and I’ve ate so many of them while I’ve been here. For lunch I had jambalaya at the French Market. I had the Cajun Jambalaya, which is a brown gravy and spicy. The Creole Jambalaya is a red gravy because they use tomatoes in it and it is not as spicy. Overall, I have had an amazing time in New Orleans and liked it much more than I expected. All the food that I had was delicious. I’m glad I was able to try so many different things and was able to get some fresh seafood! I will greatly miss New Orleans and I will be returning soon with my family!

This morning we went to Willie Mae’s for lunch. It was some of the best fried chicken that I have ever had! The meat was so juicy and the coating on it had great flavor. I also had red beans and rice and it was very good! After that we headed to the Insta-gator Alligator Farm and took a tour. I thought it was a great group activity. I really enjoyed holding the baby alligators and learning about how they get the eggs. I enjoyed taking the bridge over the lake because it was like nothing I have seen before. When we got back we went to the Clover Grill for dinner. I got a waffle and a side order of grits. It was an old-fashion diner looking place. It was delicious! We walked down Bourbon Street and listened to music for the rest of the night.

This morning we went to Cafe du Monde and got beignets and freshly squeezed orange juice. We luckily did not have to wait in a long line. The cafe had amazing food and a great environment. Next, we went back to the French Market and had some corn. We walked throughout the French Quarter for most of the afternoon and stoped by Little Vic’s to get some gelato. I had amaretto and orange gelato that was very good! For dinner we went to Today’s Cajun Seafood down the street and I got jambalaya. I had never had it before, but i really enjoyed it. I especially liked the spicy sausage that was in it.

Sunday was an AMAZING day! In the morning, we went to the French Market and ate lunch. I got a Banana Royale smoothie and then a roast beef Po-Boy with debris (all the juices from the pan) at the French Market. Then we shopped and got some gifts to take home. We were planning on going to Cafe du Monde, however we didn’t because we saw that they were filming NCIS. We watched them film it for about an hour and Mark Harmon waved to me after I kept trying to get his attention. We went back to the hotel to rest from the excitement then went out for dinner. We went to Acme Oyster House. We had to wait in line for about an hour but it was well worth the wait! I got fried oysters and fried shrimp with fries and cole slaw. The oysters were perfect and the breading on them was perfect. We walked back on Bourbon Street and saw them filming NCIS once again. We got even closer to Mark Harmon this time and it was very exciting! IT WAS A GREAT DAY!

On Saturday, everything went very smoothly with the flights. Once we got into New Orleans, I was surprised how colorful it was and how few tall buildings there were. I love the friendliness of the people and the environment. Of course, I was beyond hungry once we got into New Orleans. Originally we were going to go to dinner at Johnny Po-Boys but they ran out of bread before we could go there so we went to The Gumbo Shop. There I got a shrimp Po-Boy with house-made chips. It was delicious and the restaurant was old-fashion style. It was a very fun first day!