NEW ORLEANS ITINERARY

1. French Quarter - observe beautiful architecture.

2. Bourbon St. - drink and listen to live music.

3. Bayou tour - feed alligators and enjoy the swamp air.

4. Pat O’Brien’s - order the famous (or infamous) hurricane drink. Be careful. It’s not actually juice.

5. What to eat:

   1. Café du Monde - beignets

   2. Galatoire’s - ($$$) fancy night out

   3. Willie Mae’s Scotch House - amazing fried chicken

   4. Domilise’s - po’boy

   5. William’s St. Sno Balls

   6. Casamento’s - oyster stew

   7. Pascal’s Manale - bbq shrimp

   8. Dooky Chase - Freedom Riders, including MLK, ate here. This was a place whites and blacks ate together during a time when that was illegal.

   9. Middendorf - ($$$) fried catfish, turtle soup, gator bites

   10. Cochon Butcher - boudin noir and grits

   11. Bevi Seafood - crawfish boil

6. Live jazz music venues:

   1. The Spotted Cat

   2. The Maison

7. Take advantage of the open container law or swing by a drive-through daiquiri spot

8. Haunted Nola Tour - spoopy (yes, spoopy) tour covering ghost lore, voodoo, and murder.

9. Whitney Plantation - only plantation tour that exclusively focuses on the lives of enslaved peoples (and not glorifying the enslavers).

NEW IBERIA ITINERARY

1. Avery Island Tabasco - visit the factory and find unique Tabasco creations including Tabasco soda!

2. Vermillionville - if you’re into history, this is a “living museum” complete with a real blacksmith.