Molly's New Orleans Blog '19: Monday Funday

Outer Journey

Monday, January 7th. Forecast, brightly sunny with a temperature of... 72°

Being from Illinois I didn't know what to do with myself with this nice of weather right after the New Year. What a gift I thought, until I realized not only was the weather beautiful it was our FREE DAY. My roommate Amy, my new friends Anna, Emma and I decided to spend the day together. Wouldn't have wanted it any other way. I have had so much fun with these girls! Anyway, we talked about all of the things we had done, and determined that there was only one thing for sure we wanted to make sure we scheduled in before our departure, the garden district.

We hopped on the street car and away we went. We rode the car a little to long and ended up having to back track which was fine, because we came across the Fresh Market. It was huge, and had such a large variety of food/spices/Etc. We ended up getting these apple/cherry pastries that were to die for. Then we went on our very own walking/self guided tour. It was a blast walking through the neighborhood just admiring the elaborate homes and their detail. We were almost through the garden district when we fell upon this little hole in the wall shopping center called The Rink. It had a coffee shop along with a bunch of other little stores including (book store, childrens store, and a few others). A good hour we spent in there and it was well worth it. Goodies were purchased.

The we were off to the square to finish up some shopping at a few stores, and the French market. Yes, I went to both the Fresh and the French Market. I had the time of my life laughing with those girls making memories, and forming friendships. Last night came to an end with the most fancy dinner I have ever ate. Not a joke! I was wearing a black jumpsuit which was very elegant, the waiter switched out my white cloth napkin for a black one so I wouldn't get lint on my outfit. Fancy Pancy! The food was the most exquisite food I have ever tasted, full of flavor. I pretty sure if I was to describe the flavor with one word, it would be CLASSY. Yes, the food tasted classy. It was not cheap by any means, but I enjoyed my last night on the town with some of the greatest people I have ever met, pretending that we weren't poor college students. I have had the best time in New Orleans and it was saddening knowing that was our final Hurrah!