N'ORLEANS

next stop was new orleans, which, with a southern accent is 'nor-lans'. we stayed in the french quarters which is actually very spanish, with quaint cobbled streets and elaborate balconies. we thought the pace in chicago was slow, but new orleans was a whole different level! it was so lovely to relax, wonder around the french quarters, eat poboys (basically a sandwich on a french baguette! we found the BEST poboys, killer poboys, on our first night in the back of this dark bar. in fact every poboy we had after that first one was just not the same!), eat beignets (pastry with a tonne of icing sugar on top) at cafe du monde, listen to some great jazz, explore the mansions of the garden district (from a tram and at night, hence the quality of the photos!), and feed alligators marshmallows and hot dogs, obviously! 

CHICAGO

for the first part of our summer holiday we went to chicago. as soon as we arrived we felt our pace slow down. There was a much more relaxed, laid back feel about this place which we both really loved.

we explored the loop, took pictures of the bean, ate deep pan pizza, admired the view from up high, watched a fantastic storm roll in, got stuck in the storm, enjoyed the architecture and cheered on the only brit in the triathlon! 

chicago was such a photogenic city, well we thought so, we do love a good city landscape these days! enjoy.

WE'VE ARRIVED

my last blog post was written with just one week left in new york and now as i write this we have been back in london for 3 weeks! time has just flown by. as you can imagine we have been pretty busy since i last wrote, packing up our lives in nyc and starting up here in london. we are finally finding our feet and can't wait to rediscover this city. 

but before that theres some rewinding to a month ago to do.....our last holidays in america!

*and for those of you who are interested oli made it safely back and is enjoying making some new british cat friends!*