– back again.
Forgot to mention – first night in N’orlins arrived at Hotel Lafayette (picked from the interwebby thingy cos it sounded French and was near the French Quarter) at around 9.30pm. Deposited the crap and went searching for food. It was 10 pm and all the nearby kitchens were shutting down so 2 weary hungry travellers looked like becoming poor little starving waifs. Got directed up some back alleys and what’d we find – ‘Gidday’ – an Ozzie bar and grill. Found our way in and eventually got shepherds pie with a Fosters in a 1 litre can and ended up chatting with owner Vic from Bendigo. Been here 30 years and still sounded like home. It was a nice touch.
There are some lovely buildings around town, some very small police cars, interesting photographs, horses heads on poles and the inside passageway of The Lafayette cos I don’t have an outside shot. The hotel was nicely oldy-worldly, if a little frayed around the edges but it was still the best part of $200.00 per night
But it was handy to everything and on the tram line so getting around proved easy. Trams are apparently modelled on our W class trams a coupleof which used to run here. Fares are $1.25 per journey but just $3.00 per day and you can change routes and hop on and off as much as you like. Proved to be a good way to get around.
and Lindy might be pleased to know that these are some of the most common cars on the road here.
We move on – next stop Daytona Beach and the Daytona 500.