After 3 weekends spent at home I was getting restless and therefore decided it was time to travel again. On the Monday I had decided to 'go somewhere' by Tuesday I had convinced Jon to 'go somewhere', by Wednesday we agreed to go to New Orleans, by Thursday flights were booked and Friday afternoon saw us sitting on Bourbon Street listening to some very funky music drinking cold beer. Like most of my previous journeys I had stumbled across another wet county which meant wandering around the streets drinking alcohol in plastic cups, picking and choosing between 2 for 1, 3 for 1 and cheap cocktails in Nawlins, NOLA, The Big Easy...call it what you like. Bourbon Street is famous for its atmosphere and live music and there is a direct correlation between alcohol price and
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