Southern hospitality

Today was definitely one of the highlights of the trip but first I will quickly review the evening in Big Easy. We had a few drinks in a pirate themed bar, ate very well at Gumbo Shop and sat on a balcony looking over Bourbon street. All good and fun but don't order a gin&tonic - you just might get a bucket of water, ice and gin.

This day for long seemed to turn out a pretty boring driving day. We drove through some small cities trying to find a cozy b&b. No such luck with that, nobody was home. Eventually we drove to one's yard and the adorable couple running the b&b, Mike and Anne, invited us to their home for some southern treats and good info about the town, Abbeville. I've never encountered such a welcoming and genuinely warm attitude towards total strangers, too bad their b&b was fully booked. However, they gave us a great tip about a seafood joint close by, Shucks.

Shucks was absolutely packed when we arrived there but soon we were seated and the owner Dave (who Ann called ahead telling we were coming) told us a bit about Cajun cuisine. Everything from there blends into an orgasmic series of  simple but deeply flavored seafood tastes. Absolutely brilliant. If you're ever anywhere within 200 mile radius you can't miss it. True Cajun cooking and amazing people.

-Tuoppi

They also had huge trees.