What spurred on this trip was the fact that I was around $75 away from being a Delta Silver Medallion member, so my coworker told me to do a cheap day trip somewhere before the end of the year.
Since I like traveling with others, I asked my friend and boyfriend if they where down to go to New Orleans since the flights were cheap. They were the ones who actually convinced me to make it a weekend trip instead lol. Jessica ended up not going, so it became a weekend trip with the bae instead, which I definitely didn't mind.
The only downside was that we had early flights around 7am each way, so we woke up early and did our best to make the best of each day.
Friday, December 20th:
- Woke up at 4:30am and headed to the airport
- Landed around 8:30
- Tried and failed to check into our Airbnb since it was the right time yet
- Walked to Cafe du Monde for breakfast
- Tried their beignets and Cafe au Lait (delicious!)
- Explored the shops nearby
- Sampled lots of pralines
- Explored the French Market
- Bought some souvenir long-sleeve shirts for ourselves
- Tried alligator sausage and seafood gumbo that's been featured on the Food Network
- Ate lunch at a Creole restaurant where we tried jumbalaya, etouffee, and shrimp po boys
- Walked around Bourbon Street
- Checked into our Airbnb and rested for a bit
- Ate fried chicken and tried a frozen mixed drink at Willie's for dinner
- Relaxed for the rest of the night
Saturday, December 21th:
- Tried beignets at Cafe Beigent for breakfast the next day, which also had a live band perform
- Walked around and bought pralines and souvenirs for people
- Went back to the Airbnb to nap since it was drizzling a lot
- Napped a lot since we were exhausted from yesterday
- Went to dinner at Trenasse for their happy hour oysters
- Ordered way too much delicious food since we had skipped lunch lol
- Got dessert at Amorino since we passed by it a few times and it always looked tasty
- Packed up
Sunday, December 22nd:
- Woke up around 5am
- Headed to the airport and got assigned Comfort+ seats (I think it's cuz we checked into our flight late the night before)
- Ate breakfast at Pho Dai Loi
- Drove back to David's place
- Started watching The Witcher on Netflix
- Went back home
Overall, an eventful and tiring weekend!
