From French Quarter, you take Decatur toward French Market. Past the Hotel De La Monnaie, it won't look much French anymore. Follow Elysian Field around the curve and come to Rampart. Then take a right into a quaint residential street lined with clapboard houses and colorful Victorians. In the middle of it is the Olde Town Inn. Ask for room 201.
It is huge two-room suite with 10 feet ceiling. The south-facing french doors will lead you to the balcony looking down on the street lined with tall Oleander trees that you can see lying on the bed. In a balmy April evening with the doors open, you can smell the perfume as well. When it gets dark, the street light of the color of setting sun streams through the plantation louvre laying a maudlin shadow on the bed and then casting it on the opposite wall. Your silluette with fedora on you head and a cigarette in your mouth would complete a scene from a film noire.
We checked out of Extended Stay yesterday and came to this place. The $47 deal from peiceline.com was no longer available. This inn lacked the kitchen, but it was about the same price and it was a lot closer to French Quarter and downtown. And I'm sure glad we moved. It's so nice here I could stay here for a month, only if it had a kitchen.
We spent a few hours in French Quarter after checking out. Mostly around Jackson Square and Cafe Du Monde. Then we took the mule tour around the quarter. A perfect substitute for a CFS patient, yet I ended up 10,000 steps for the day. I slept like a baby and woke up with ache all over. I had to call Louisianna Tour and moved our swamp boat tour to the afternoon. I was gonna write in the morning instead, but I ended up spending most of the time in bed recuperating.
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