Budget Travel Blog Saga, pt 1! Landed back home! Leam is picking me up from LAX shortly. Think I’ve caught my second wind after sleeping off much of the air travel. Can’t wait to be home. I’m absolutely dying for a home cooked meal, American comfort food. Already spoke with Mom this evening, she’ll be…
Posted February 20, 2013
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The New Orleans French Quarter is unlike anywhere you’ll ever go in the US. It’s the oldest neighborhood in all of New Orleans, the architecture is completely telling. Thankfully the area was largely unaffected by the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Thankfully New Orleans proved pretty resilient following one of the worst hurricanes in…
Posted February 19, 2013
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Ready for New Orleans Casino Night? I had some money to burn. Taylor and I looked up a decent place to gamble and ended up finding Treasure Chest Casino, a riverboat version of your average dirty casino. We were told this was where the locals came to play, Harrah’s being more of a tourist trap….
Posted February 18, 2013
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Pretty short flight, thankfully. I’ve had my fair share of airplanes in the past month alone. Feel like I spent half a week in the air already. Enough flying – time to start taking in the sights. Nothing says New Orleans quite like the right jazz club. After a cab ride back from the airport,…
Posted February 17, 2013
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Kicking off the New Orleans Travel Blog! I’ve always wanted to travel to the Big Easy – so much culture, so much history. I’ve relished the opportunity to head down to experience it for myself once and for all. Tomorrow I’m making it happen, finally. Most fortunately, I was able to travel to Dublin recently….
Posted February 16, 2013
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