Chemenn, Jeff & Lincoln’s world

Part two of our post-graduation journey brought us to New Orleans - the Big Easy.  While downtown and the French Quarter are back in business, many other parts of town are still feeling the affects of Katrina.  It was a sobering and exciting place. I loooooved the French Quarter. I can see why people would want to live there. Which come to find out a lot of stars do. It’s very European and reminded Jeff of Poland. The streets are very narrow and everything is very close together. I felt like I was on Main Street at Disneyland times 100! Stupid I know, but that’s what happens when you go to Disneyland first.

We stayed in a hotel in the French Quarter and walked around a ton. We ate Po’ Boy sandwhiches, french doughnets (biegnets), and lot’s of Creole food. Everything there is deep fried. We went on a walking history tour and learned a lot about the city’s history. I highly recommend visiting New Orleans.

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  St. Louis Cathedral.

 Pirates Alley.

  Us at the fountain in Jackson Square.

 Jeff and Lincoln goofing off.  Andrew Jackson in the background.

 Bourbon Street.

  Royal Street.

  Brad Pitt/Angelina Jolie House. Brad wasn’t home, I really wanted to ask him what he was thinking when he made the movie Troy.

Other street scenes.

Jeff and I decided we needed to take a break after finals. Jeff obviously needed it more than I did. We headed down to Gulf Shores, Alabama to stay a couple of nights. It was still off season so we got a killer deal on a condo rental. (I highly recommend staying at a condo rather than a motel/hotel) This was the first time for all of us to visit the Gulf of Mexico.  We had a blast and of course had so much fun with little man on the beach.

We stumbled upon a yacht dealership while walking around and tried to see if anyone would actually think we were looking to buy one. Not so much. But we talked one of the deck hands into taking a picture of us on one of the “smaller” boats.

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  At a rest stop in Alabama.

  This is a picture from the balcony of the condo we stayed at - right above the pool.

  One of my favorite shots of Lincoln on the beach.

 Walking on the beach.

 Future Hallmark card.

These were taken on the beach and around the condo area:

These were taken around the place where we found the yacht dealership: