Lafayette, LA for Marti Gras
Well we were wanting to visit Louisiana at Mardi Gras time and I just could not make the time commitment, a 5 day minimum, and prices they wanted in New Orleans for hotel rooms during Marti Gras. So, being a bargain hunter, I began to search the surrounding cities for hotel rooms at a better rate. Only 2 hours from New Orleans we got ourselves rooms in Layafatte, LA for a lot less money and not having to commit to a room for a for a week.
With our rooms booked at hotels Lafayette we are very excited about the trip. Louisiana is so full of history, beginning as a French territory before the establishment and take over of the area by the United States and then the subsequent Confederate period and Civil War. I have always wanted to go to Louisiana and have never made it to the state. Finally I am going. We will be taking tours of Antebellum mansions and plantations, explore shops and galleries taking time to relax and recharge. Spending our evenings eating fabulous Cajun food and listening to great jazz and blues. Our trip will be filled with great foods, interesting history and great music!
We are thinking of heading into New Orleans for the Marti Gras parade, not sure of the crowds and the traffic we are going to play that one by ear. Once we get to our hotel I will talk with some of the employees and get there take on going into New Orleans for the Marti Gras parade. Perhaps they will know of route less traveled and ways of getting into and out of New Orleans during this huge party.
This will be a fun trip and well deserved. We will not be able to get away all winter so by the time Feb arrives we will be in the mood for a change of scenery and pace.
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